Registry Permissions & McAfee

[Scott Dressor]

References to McAfee will not go away in the registry -- no matter what I
do.

I uninstalled McAfee AV version 8. I then installed Norton AV 2005. The
system icon for Norton AV 2005 does not appear unless I manually start
Norton AV 2005.

Symantec/Norton provide an online automated assistant. Their program has
made suggestions. I have followed all of them. I have manually removed any
and all references to McAfee -- as I have done on previous versions of
Windows. This version of Windows (XPSP2) is the only version that I can not
get to permanently delete references to McAfee in the 'run' folder My
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrrentVersion\Run.
There are four (4) references. MSCONFIG does not work. There is no
AUTOEXEC.BAT nor CONFIG.SYS file -- at least none I can find (blanks only).

Does someone have a real suggestion as to how to remove, once and for all,
the four remaining references to McAfee AV version 8 that are preventing
Norton AV 2005 from loading automatically at startup (yes, all Norton auto
start options are selected)?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Scott Dressor" <[email protected]>

| References to McAfee will not go away in the registry -- no matter what I
| do.
|
| I uninstalled McAfee AV version 8. I then installed Norton AV 2005. The
| system icon for Norton AV 2005 does not appear unless I manually start
| Norton AV 2005.
|
| Symantec/Norton provide an online automated assistant. Their program has
| made suggestions. I have followed all of them. I have manually removed any
| and all references to McAfee -- as I have done on previous versions of
| Windows. This version of Windows (XPSP2) is the only version that I can not
| get to permanently delete references to McAfee in the 'run' folder My
| Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrrentVersion\Run.
| There are four (4) references. MSCONFIG does not work. There is no
| AUTOEXEC.BAT nor CONFIG.SYS file -- at least none I can find (blanks only).
|
| Does someone have a real suggestion as to how to remove, once and for all,
| the four remaining references to McAfee AV version 8 that are preventing
| Norton AV 2005 from loading automatically at startup (yes, all Norton auto
| start options are selected)?
|
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|
| Scott Dressor
|


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