Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 13:34:52 CDT 2007
Yea! Good job Steve! GK On 7/6/07, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com> wrote: > John, > > Well, I pulled Norton Internet Security out like a weed. I downloaded > Registry Mechanic and let it do its free-version work...I'll advise > the owner to buy the full program to clear up the remaining > issues...but at least Word works! I can open any document and the > built-in virus scan runs (presumably McAfee now that Norton has been > ripped out), and voilà! There's the document! > > That was kinda fun, actually, destroying a software installation in > Safe Mode. I hope that the .NET-style of application gains more > currency. I'm really rather tired of the registry. > > Steve Erbach > > On 7/6/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > > LOL, I HATE Norton, for exactly this kind of crap. I can tell you that in > > order to uninstall I had to actually call their tech support (which was a > > SEVERAL HOUR runaround with the least knowledgeable bunch of yahoos you can > > imagine), INSISTING that I be bumped up the food chain until I finally found > > the one person in their entire organization who actually knew anything at > > all. > > > > And of course I no longer use Norton, and I actively recommend that others > > avoid it like the plague, which in fact it has become. > > > > As for your particular problem... I think you are in for a long and tedious > > "search the web for answers". See if you can find any Norton related > > services started, and shut them down. Find EVERYTHING that you can on the > > disk Norton related and try to delete those directories. Boot into safe > > mode (so the Norton stuff does not load) and delete the actual directories. > > I use Registry Mechanic to then clean up registry pointers to non-existing > > directories etc. > > > > Good luck on that, and I hope to see you again on our forums before you die. > > ;-) > > > > John W. Colby > > Colby Consulting > > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com