re: "Aftermath after uninstalling Norton's"
Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 8:10 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by RobRod
(22 messages posted)
Wy, thank you for your advice. I did try the scanreg /restore along with the advice
given me by Carol and my computer is up. But now I have another problem that I'll
post shortly. Thanks again for your help. Rob Rod
On Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 4:37 pm, Wy wrote:
>A few options you can try:
>
>1. In your IE browser go to Tools>Internet Options>Programs and click Reset Web
Settings.
> If that doesn’t do it, then:
>
>2. You can try to restore your computer settings to prior Norton's installation
by
>doing a scanreg /restore. Click Start>Shut Down>Restart in MS-DOS Mode. After the
>screen goes black, type after the C: prompt - 'scanreg /restore' [without the quotes
>and with the space before the slash]. This'll give you at least 5 back-up registries
>to choose from, so choose the one dated prior to the Norton installation. Hopefully
>you have one dated prior to when you installed Norton and the selection should also
>read 'started'. Click on the selection and just let the registry checker do its
>stuff and with luck, you'll be back to normal. But if you have no backup that's
>dated prior to Norton's installation, then don't try this option.
>
>2. Or you could reinstall Norton and hope that it'll add or correct what went wonky,
>then uninstall it afterwards. Norton's site has an uninstall tool which you might
>want to download to help you remove it instead of relying on the uninstall feature
>that comes with the program. How effective the tool is, I'm not sure, because I
>know for a fact that Norton will always leave scraps of stuff in your registry or
>play with it in some mischievous way no matter how effectively you think you've
removed
>it.
>
>3. You can also download jv16 Power Tools. I've found this to be a pretty effective
>tool at uninstalling programs and registry items. And you can't really screw up
>with it either because it backs up every removal you make. In this case, you'd
want
>to remove anything Norton and Symantec, but use it only after you've successfully
>uninstalled Norton and the computer looks like it's working fine as a result. Don't
>mess any further with the registry if your computer isn't back on track after uninstallation.
> You can find a free version of jv16 Power Tools here:
>
>http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html
>
>Personally, I'd do the scanreg /restore first, which is what I had done a few times
>before when Norton played tricks on me. I managed to get my system back on track
>each time that way. I no longer run Norton on my system as a result, it's not worth
>the invasive hassle, stick with free anti-virus programs like AVG or Avast. But
>if your computer knowledge and comfort level is a bit wobbly, you might feel more
>at ease using Norton's removal tool instead. However, if the removal tool fails,
>then I would go for the scanreg /restore option.
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