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Originally posted by Newton@Apr 16 2005, 09:42 PM
I believe you want jv16 powertools i think it is, a superb registry cleaner and will strip out the odd bits of shit lying around in the registry. Personally I have never had any problems with norton but good luck with the fresh install 
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I will add it to my toolbox. I have bunches of different registry tools but none is seeming to take care of it. At this point I have it so scrambled out that I just need to wipe it.
I have always sworn by Norton antivirus, but their installer/uninstaller for internet security could definitely use some fucking work.
I found the exact error that she was getting out on the knowledge base. It is caused by their uninstaller leaving a directory in place and because that directory is already there when you go to install the new product, files that are supposed to be in that directory end up missing.
Easy enough for a programmer to write code that goes..."Oh, that directory is there so let's not create it but let's put the files we need in to it"...but no, whoever put this together seems to have assumed that if the directory is there then the files we need must also be there. Of course the directory is the symantec common directory that has been in use for about the past 10 years or so
So it's not like it takes "new" thinking here.
anyway, enough griping.... back to work