Re: Strange Norton Alert When Opening Office Documents

Demir Barlas wrote:

> I attempted to install Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware
> Edition on my Windows XP Home Edition laptop. The install gave me
> problems, and I cancelled it. Now, however, when I attempt to open an
> Office document, I get a message saying "Norton AntiVirus 2005 does
> not support the Repair feature, please uninstall and reinstall." I
> have to click OK here, at which time the message disppears and
> reappears; I click OK one more time, and am taken to my document.
> According to my control panel, I do not have Norton installed, and am
> most curious as to why it is giving me these messages in the first
> place, and how I can get rid of them. Any help would be appreciated.

Norton software is notorious for not cleanly uninstalling. It has
apparently left some part of itself behind, along with the part that
integrates into MS Office.

Here is a TinyURL for the uninstallation instructions:
http://tinyurl.com/cbs36

Malke
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