Re: REQ: My Norton Antivirus 2003 clashes with XP SP2?

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:13:17 -0500

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"Mike" <MikeV05@privacy.net> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:47:18 -0600, CS wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:29:44 -0500, young@and.restless wrote:
>
>>>My Norton Antivirus 2003 doesn't seem to want to install/update with
>>>XP with SP2.  It was working fine with SP1.
>
>>>I upgraded to SP2 after uninstalling NAV (because I was told to do
>>>that), and then I tried to re-install NAV.
>
>>>I installs okay but of course wants to do a live update.  When
>>>applying those updates to CommonClient, NAV2003 hangs, and I have to
>>>delete the tasks.  Subsequently the NAV window shows that it is not
>>>running right and that I have no protection, not even emails.
>
>>>What can I do?
>
>>>Thank you
>
>> Uninstall NAV 2003 again, but this time also use the registry cleaner
>> from Symantec.  "RNAV2003.EXE"  You can download it from the Symantec
>> Web site.  After completely cleaning the registry using rnav2003.exe,
>> reinstall NAV 2003 again and run live update.   There is an update for
>> Live Update also....  kind of confusing, but you'll need that too.
>
>> You should also download the WMI update for the SP2 security center.
>> That, however, will be part of the downloads after running live
>> update.  Warning here....    Be sure to reboot your machine after each
>> major update to NAV 2003 or you'll run into trouble again.
>
> Does a more XP friendly AV exist? I have just gotten a machine with XP on 
> it
> and have not yet installed an AV. I have a NAV 2003 CD from the machine it
> replaced. Should I upgrade to NAV 2005 first?
>
> What about Mcafee (sp?)?
>
> -- 
>  Thanks, Mike.
>

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