Re: norton uninstall nightmare...
- From: monta <monta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:33:13 -0800
40 minutes, eh? maybe my installation didn't freeze and i unintentionally
aborted it. it would figure...my fault again. that makes more sense.
i've been looking for that installation cd i got from averatec. if i can't
find one, can i burn one from another computer that had XP on it? i have a
compaq with XP, but don't want to screw up the avertec. averatec offers one
for $12, but like the rest of the country i want instant gratification...
to answer the following post, i don't intend to reinstall any other norton
products. ever. the webroot stuff works really well and doesn't take up so
much resources (at least doesn't seem to...) it even works with vista that's
on my wife's new dell.
thanks all.
scott
"Frankster" wrote:
The Norton uninstall utility provided on the Symantec website is only.
supposed to be used if the built-in uninstall fails. Personally, I wouldn't
worry about cleanup if the uninstall succeeded. What's a few empty
directories here and there anyway? :) But, you could if you want to.
BTW, the reason Norton uninstall takes so long (or GoBack uninstall alone,
if you run that separately) is because it is deleting all those past restore
points. I had to do that just recently on a client's computer and it took
about 40 minutes or so just to remove GoBack! (that's all I asked it to do
that time) Anyway, after that, the actual uninstall also failed, so I used
the utility. The utility works pretty good.
Good luck.
-Frank
"monta" <monta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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thanks frank.
of course at this point the original discs have seemed to have grown
legs...i'll find them and break those legs ;).
i have uninstalled norton on three of my other computers successfully
until
this one...should i go back to the others and use the uninstall tool, or
is
it too late? i've read on here that there are probably still remnants of
this nonsense on my other computers...how do you get rid of all the
nonsense?
i thought that might be the thing to do, reinstall windows without
reformatting. i tried to do that from the norton disc, but it told me
that i
had to uninstall goback first then retry it...thanks...if i could go in
and
uninstall goback, i wouldn't be in this spot now would i?...dolts.
the computer is an averatec 3250 with XP home on it.
as soon as i can find the disc and give it a go, i'll let you guys know.
thanks again!
"Frankster" wrote:
Wow... tough case. I wish you came here before you got to where you are.
Symantec has an "uninstall" utility on their website that can normally
uninstall when the Windows uninstall fails.
Anyway...
At this point, the next step is probably to attempt a new installation or
a
repair installation.
1) Boot from your original CD (or recovery set that may have been
provided
by the vendor) and try that. See what options it has. Avoid any option
that
speaks of formatting or losing data, but try to choose an option that
preserves data.
2) Boot from your original CD and attempt a "parallel install". Just do a
normal install but choose to install into a different directory (not
WINDOWS, maybe WINDOWSXP), and install normally. Then you can reach your
data after the new installation is up and going.
Perhaps you can provide detail on the type of PC and what if any Windows
Operating System and/or Recovery disks you have available.
-Frank
"monta" <monta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i tried to uninstall notron systemworks 2006...it was going well and i
got
as
far as restarting the computer. when it came back on it got to 20% (or
so)
complete then froze. after a little while i used ctrl/alt/del to try
and
get
out of it, which initially worked (now it looks like a horrible
mistake...),
but now windows will not start. safe mode, safe mode with networking
and
safe mode with command prompt all do nothing before the computer shuts
off
and starts over. if you pick last known good config or windows normal
at
least you get to the inital windows loading screen before you get a
blue
screen and an error "autochk not found - skipping autocheck" to which
it
then
powers off and restarts like the other three options...i though i hated
norton before...
norton couldn't help and referred me to the manufacturer. i don't have
the
funds to do this as the laptop is out of warranty (i think norton
should
pay
whatever it takes to restore my laptop) so i'm throwing myself at the
feet
of
you experts begging for some good will...and hey, if you ever need
guitar
repair let me know.
thanks for any and all help in advance! scott
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