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[Noel Paton]

Thanks for the good info Jay...I just changed my "maybe" to "I will not
use SymNRT" - lol . I also have xpsp2 home edition...Pete

SymNRT is OK when used properly, Pete - see this link....
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm

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[Jay]

SymNRT is OK when used properly, Pete - see this link....
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm

See the effect of SymNRT on BITS:
http://www.google.com/search?q=symnrt+bits

One of many examples:

http://www.botmanfamily.net/~aurelien/articles/BITS_reinstall.html

"This document describes how to re-install the Win XP SP2 BITS
(background intelligent transfer service) service if it gets corrupted.
The symptoms are: Microsoft Update suddenly stopping working, and
manually starting the BITS service (see [0] below for how to do this)
either gives a code 2 or a code -2147024894 error.

....*almost everybody confirmed that the _Symantec_ _“symnrt”_ removal
tool is the root cause of this particular service corruption."*

 

[Noel Paton]

See the effect of SymNRT on BITS:
http://www.google.com/search?q=symnrt+bits

One of many examples:

http://www.botmanfamily.net/~aurelien/articles/BITS_reinstall.html

"This document describes how to re-install the Win XP SP2 BITS (background
intelligent transfer service) service if it gets corrupted. The symptoms
are: Microsoft Update suddenly stopping working, and manually starting the
BITS service (see [0] below for how to do this) either gives a code 2 or a
code -2147024894 error.

...*almost everybody confirmed that the _Symantec_ _“symnrt”_ removal tool
is the root cause of this particular service corruption."*

I can't discount the possibility that running SYMMSICLEANUP.reg and/or
MSIFIX.bat will prevent SymNRT from corrupting BITS but I'm surely not
convinced at this point.

The question has to be asked - was BITS working before they used the SymNRT
or not? Norton is renowned for screwing heavily with the registry, and if
people allow the Norton registry 'fixer' to run without a tight leash, then
it WILL break systems.

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