"John Ward"
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jrmward@tpg.com.au
Posted on:
Nov 19, 2007, 7:02 PM
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Hi Marcel,
In Windows Explorer, go to the Windows/system32 directory, then find the
regedit32.exe file, and run it, by double left-clicking it..
Then enter, and keep entering, search terms like Symantec, Norton, etc,
until there are no more results returned when you continually press F3 (find
next) and delete what is found each time, with the delete key on your
keyboard.
Eventually it will all be gone, and you're very safe doing this, as
nothing else on your system requires anything from Symantec......
Regards,
John Ward
"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier_nothing_here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1l78zt0wvn0jy.87u7qv2px9z8$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Hey all,
>
>
> How does one delete a security program one no longer has access to?
>
> I'm still running NIS2004 on my laptop because I'm patiently waiting for
> the subscription to come to an end, I'm logged onto Windows using my
> Administrator logon and Norton, being the pest that it is, no longer
> recognizes it as the Administrator logon since the two are so beautifully
> synchonized.
>
> So I'm no longer able to uninstall this piece of sh*t, which as I have
> come
> to understand was already very difficult to do to begin with, but not
> being
> able to uninstall NIS is the just the beginning.
>
> Since it doesn't recognize me as the Administrator, it doesn't work at
> all.
> This means no more updates, it doesn't start after Windows boots up, no
> protection in the background...it's not running. It's dead as a post.
>
> I have AVG running next to ZoneAlarm on the laptop now, so security wise
> I'm not worried at all.
> I can always run Windows Firewall if I'm really desperate. 
>
> But NIS needs to go now, because I can't access any websites that require
> a
> password logon, like Hotmail. I'm very very sure this is caused by some
> creepy invisible Norton poltergeist-like program because this password
> problem started around the same time NIS fell asleep, which was around
> three weeks ago.
>
> I'm also looking into encryption difficulties aswell, since I have also
> installed a new wireless network and the laptop seems to be having trouble
> communicating with the modem without being "wired".
> But with the laptop wired to the modem, I was hoping NIS would run as it
> once did, and the password websites would also be accessable.
> But to no avail.....so the problem lies somewhere within the security
> programs.
>
> So first NIS has to go.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> TIA
>
>
> --
>
> Marcel (HC153VE)
> "No...THIS one goes THERE, THAT one goes THERE!" - Han Solo
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