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"Bob" <uctraing@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u0d4u1t0l239g7ev0vld484hikmhjrpuer@xxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:29:41 +1100, "Winux P" <winuxp@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

We too prchased this server with Windows pre-installed after requesting not
to have it pre-installed, not too problematic BUT Symantec was also
pre-installed or should say intrench in the system. Ended up installing
NOD32 anti-virus and everything worked much better without the Sh!tmantic
crapware.

We've also had a similar experiences removing McAffe Antivirus, which after
that experience should be called McAffee ProMalware cause that's what it is.

Thanks. My experience too. I don't mind hacking, but my friend is not
a techie so he needs something better than registry searching. I will
have to look around for some specifics.

Sh!tmantec is apt or maybe "Sprawl-mantec" is more accurate. What a
hog. Sh!tmantec also has a nasty habit of buying up young companies
with better products and turning them into sprawl-ware. Then I have to
go hunt for new companies. McAffee used to be better - it isn't
anymore.

The problem I run into is that if you want even a few of the OEM mods
(like battery control on laptops, video control sware, etc) then you
need the manufacturers load of software. Then it's a long day hacking
back out all the nonsense you don't want. I couldn't even get Toshiba
to tell me what apps the provided on the system or what they did - let
alone provide any documentation, even at the user level. But, I
digress! :-)

I like AVG A/V. Nice integration w/XP, no system takeover. Free for
home.


Having removed (I think ... ) most of Symantec stuff on my machines,
I ran into an issue a while back -- posted on Jan 6, included below
that may be of interest when removing Symantec stuff ...

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Just as a FYI to others out there, ran into an interesting "feature"
yesterday. XP Pro on all machines, trying to share a folder with
my virus definitions in it to another machine so it can get updates
without having to go to the internet (it is blocked). When
I would try to map or use UNC to access a shared folder (and
the permissions were correct), I would get this strange error
"Not enough server storage is available to process this command"

Turns out this was probably a Norton AV thing (but not sure),
however, what happens is the IRPStackSize is either missing
from the registry or set too small. The event logs will show
an event ID 2011 also. According to the information I found,
"Antivirus Software may cause event ID 2011" See the
Microsoft KB article at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177078 or the link at
http://winhlp.com/WxNotEnoughServerStorage.htm for
additional information. The MS link also references a
number of Symantec links (surprise !!) for more information.
My machine (the one sharing the folder) used to have Norton
on it, but it was removed (well, all the pieces I could find :-) )

Hope this helps someone else when they run into this.

--
Mikey aka "mr.gadget"
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