NORTON HIJACKS WSC!

[bughunter.dustin]

Thanks....we disabled all startup items......no change in WSC.

I have not been able to duplicate the problem your having here at
work... I'm still looking into it, so I'll be in touch.

 

[Sasha Gottfried]

What about replacing the WSC file: "%SystemRoot%\system32\wscui.cpl" with a
fresh extracted copy of that file?

Marc

 

[Stuart Krivis]

I have not been able to duplicate the problem your having here at
work... I'm still looking into it, so I'll be in touch.

I thought that I'd mention that I've seen this before after doing
trials of AV and personal firewall software. I never found a good
soution. Everyone just said that WSC is badly broken by design.


Just FYI, someone just posted a thread in this newsgroup on 6/4 about
having an identical problem with WSC after installing and removing
Comodo AV...

 

[Sasha Gottfried]

Dustin,

Are you still looking in to this?

Thanks,

Marc

 

[Dustin Cook]

Dustin,

Are you still looking in to this?

Thanks,

Marc

Yes. I've been deliberatly trying to cause the error, so I can see about
fixing it. So far, no luck. Norton uninstalls itself okay and doesn't seem
to screw up WSC.

I have one suggestion so far, Try reinstalling the norton package, either
the same thing or a newer version, then uninstalling it properly thru
add/remove programs.

Please let me know what it does.

 

[Dustin Cook]

I thought that I'd mention that I've seen this before after doing
trials of AV and personal firewall software. I never found a good
soution. Everyone just said that WSC is badly broken by design.

It's a poor design, true that. However, it has to be a fixable condition.
Likely one or more registry keys. Just a matter of getting the error to
happen so I can tinker.

Just FYI, someone just posted a thread in this newsgroup on 6/4 about
having an identical problem with WSC after installing and removing
Comodo AV...

Yep, I tried causing the error by doing what the poster did. No such
luck...

 

[Dustin Cook]

Funny the OP blames Norton for WSC's inability - it is hardly the
fault of an uninstaller to correct WSC's lies.

Since the installer made modifications to WSC to make it lie, the
uninstaller is at fault for not undoing that. Not the Poster.

 

[Sasha Gottfried]

Dustin,

The version of Norton came pre-installed on this HP 1430n. The 60-day trial
is over. Is there a trial version with the same configuration available that
you know of?

Thanks,

marc

 

[edgewalker]

Since the installer made modifications to WSC to make it lie, the
uninstaller is at fault for not undoing that. Not the Poster.

I see that point. I assumed too much about how the suckurity center
worked. So, it trusts whatever info is fed to it as being the actual case
instead of actually checking for a specific scheduled process - and this
problem is really no different than an uninstaller neglecting to remove a
system tray icon - except that it is interpreted by the user as much more
important.

I wasn't blaming the poster ) I was assuming that a security application
wouldn't so easily allow information it displays (in a security context) to
be manipulated by other programs.

I suppose someone could write a program so the security center displayed
that the household toilet is running. )

 

[Raid]

Dustin,

The version of Norton came pre-installed on this HP 1430n. The 60-day
trial is over. Is there a trial version with the same configuration
available that you know of?

Thanks,

marc

Yes. I've been deliberatly trying to cause the error, so I can see
about fixing it. So far, no luck. Norton uninstalls itself okay and
doesn't seem to screw up WSC.

I have one suggestion so far, Try reinstalling the norton package,
either the same thing or a newer version, then uninstalling it
properly thru add/remove programs.

Please let me know what it does.

This is old, but anyway.. You can try downloading the latest trial copy
of Norton; and then uninstall it. It *should* revert WSC back to the way
it was originally.

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Regards,
Dustin
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