In glee <
[email protected]> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Even after you use the Symantec tool to remove their software, there
will still be quite a few Registry entries left behind that you have
to manually search out and destroy, and possibly also files. I
haven't removed NAV from a system in about a year, so the memory is
getting dim. ;-)
This might be coincidence but mostly when a client has brought a PC in to me
that required fixing and had Norton's AV on it the end result was a
re-installation of the entire OS after backing up their data. (A flat fee as
it's done quite easily and it's not something that I could really charge
time-based anyhow and still have fees that are acceptable.) So I guess I can
honestly say that I've never actually made an effort to uninstall NAV in a
very long time. Instead I've had the chance to witness the people griping
from said process and smiled and felt a bit grateful that I wasn't in their
shoes. I think the two main problems I've had were with System Works on a
Windows ME system which the owner didn't want me to re-install even with
backups and a similar OEM situation with XP and System Works in the early
days of XP only in that case it was also a matter of a missing OEM CD and me
being unsure of the use of a standard retail CD on the system with the OEM
license. Those were clone the drive first and then play situations...
Neither was very pretty. These days I hardly work at all unless it's someone
who knows me by name or got my phone number from someone. I'm not sure if
I'm retired or if I'm going to go do something new after but for now I'm
just going back to school which means that I'll probably have to re-learn
everything in when I'm done.
Galen
--
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
