Norton Utilities 2002 - Refuses to leave.

Sully

Hey. Dell gave me a copy of Norton Utilites with my PC when I got it, but never gave me a CD. The programs not listed in Add/Remove and there is no uninstaller in its base folder.

Is there anyway on removing it with ease (hopefully without having to download the whole program again to remove it!)? Searched Google but no results regarding Norton Utilitles.

I could remove all traces via registry but its a big job, then I gotta search for all the rest of its files on the PC etc etc.

Any suggestions?

odie

Here is a Norton uninstall tool to do the job, direct from Norton

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001092114452606

Endurance Man

And take this advice, never install it on your pc again, waste of space and time :rolleyes: . Use avg virus protector, free and it WORKS!

Sully

AVG Anti Virus? Dont really trust it to be honest, found Panda a nice choice (tho its a tad bit to serious!).

Thanks for your suggestions but the link above is for "Removing Norton AntiVirus 2003 or earlier". Im Norton Utilities!

Sully

Any ideas?

Sully

Gonna have to bump this one up again...

The link given is for the Anti Virus Kit - im looking for a removal kit (or instructions/installer) for Utilites 2002!

Mistmyr

Try this

http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/2001101612274407

Little prog called Symclean


Also google removal of Nortons 2002 looks like lots of people have same problem and there are lots of manual removal methods around....

Hope it helps

Misty

Sully

Symclean isnt for Norton Utilites and apparently, it breaks Windows Update.

Google has results for Norton Anti Virus and NOT Utilites. If you find one, then give me a link and ill look into it

Thanks!

hobie

How about asking Symantec? ... or even Dell? if you don't come up with anything here ....

Sully

Symnatec dont offer support on the product anymore.

Dell ill need to pay for support.

hobie

Symnatec dont offer support on the product anymore.

Dell ill need to pay for support.
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well, only one thing left .... get a new PC I guess .... how old is it?

Sully

Im not getting a new PC just because software wont remove itself. Geez.

All I gotta do is format, but its something I dont have the time for - hence why I post here

hobie

All I gotta do is format

Sully, I was going to suggest that but chickened out when I remembered from personal experience, that anyone with a 4 to 5 year old Dell has about as much street cred as a guy with a piece of crud hanging out of his back pocket ..... so why bother doing anything with it? .....

Mind you, I confess I have an old (6yrs old) P3 Dell and God love it, it's sitting beside me ready to be powered up (should it ever be needed) ..... it's only crimes in all that time was a hard disc that went to heaven (replaced f.o.c. by Dell at 2 years old) and a modem card that blew a hole in a non-load-bearing house wall, due to the most amazing Lightening storm at year 5 (and I did have surge protection but to no avail) ....

hobie

ps. I forgot .... a photo (taken last year) of my fully functional 6 year old Dell ...... arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .......

Mistmyr

Ok look at this


http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sunset-c2002kb.nsf/659be60d10a0224585256ee60055c4c8/739ecb318be55de085256ee50056c89d?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam&seg=ag

How to manually uninstall Norton Utilities 2002 for Windows NT/2000/XP

looks kinda fun


I had 2 do it years ago even their uninstaller misses stuff, i ended up having to hack the registry to bits after it was gone ...... never again.


Misty

Sully

Thats the article I was looking for, any other links were broken!

Cheers Mis

irlrobins

hobie wrote:

ps. I forgot .... a photo (taken last year) of my fully functional 6 year old Dell ...... arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .......

you have got to be a neat freak!!! look at those highlighter pens all lined up!

Sully

LOL.

Anywho, thanks Mistmyr - worked perfect Had to go into Safe Mode for some.

Was using normal Reg Edit for most of it, but then I realised RegSeeker would be better so that made the removal go faster :P

Cheers m8

hobie

..... and all the baby bears had their supper .... and went to bed .... and lived happily ever after ....

Well done Sully .... glad you got it fixed

hobie

you have got to be a neat freak!!! look at those highlighter pens all lined up!

the're not perfectly lined up :rolleyes: ..... honest !!!! ..... and if I don't put them on that shelf I can never find the $$$$$$$ things