SECURITY CENTER MONITORS NORTON 2007 THAT DOES NOT EXIST

I have completely removed Norton 2007 from my system(Uninstallation using
Symantec Removal Tool,Files/folders and Registry Keys) following Symantec's
guidelines.
Alhaugh i thaught nothing from Norton 2007 resides in my pc ,Windows
Security Center recognizes functional Norton 2007 in my system and
surprisingly EVEN Norton Firewall (i never had installed)!!
Please HELP me to get rid of NORTON 2007 from my system and my system's
Security Center surveillance!!
THANKS

yiannis wrote:
I have completely removed Norton 2007 from my system(Uninstallation
using Symantec Removal Tool,Files/folders and Registry Keys)
following Symantec's guidelines.
Alhaugh i thaught nothing from Norton 2007 resides in my pc ,Windows
Security Center recognizes functional Norton 2007 in my system and
surprisingly EVEN Norton Firewall (i never had installed)!!
Please HELP me to get rid of NORTON 2007 from my system and my
system's Security Center surveillance!!

Unfortunately - whatever you have done has not gotten rid of the third party
application and because of that - you will likely need to contact the
manufacturer of said third party product. You can look through your
registry manually if you understand the registry - but as for *what*
specifically to look for - Symantec/Norton can surely tell you.

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MS-MVP
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yiannis wrote:
I have completely removed Norton 2007 from my system(Uninstallation using
Symantec Removal Tool,Files/folders and Registry Keys) following Symantec's
guidelines.
Alhaugh i thaught nothing from Norton 2007 resides in my pc ,Windows
Security Center recognizes functional Norton 2007 in my system and
surprisingly EVEN Norton Firewall (i never had installed)!!
Please HELP me to get rid of NORTON 2007 from my system and my system's
Security Center surveillance!!
THANKS

If you are sure you followed Symantec's uninstallation instructions and
used the removal tool from the following links, you can reset the
Security Center.

http://tinyurl.com/q7nsf - Removing and reinstalling Norton Internet
Security, Norton AntiSpam, or Norton Personal Firewall (2006/2005/2004
versions)
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem2.htm

When Security Center reports an av or firewall that has been
uninstalled, try this (make a System Restore point first):

Method A.

StartRunservices.msc [enter]

Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click it.
Now click on the "Pause" button. Leave that window open and double-click
My Computer. Navigate to %systemroot%\Windows\System32\wbem (where
%systemroot% is the drive where XP is installed). Delete the Repository
folder and *only* the Repository folder. Now go back to the WMI service
window you left open and restart the service.

This will rebuild the Repository and hopefully straighten out the
incorrect entries for all your duplicates.

In order to see the Windows files, you may need to unhide them:

Make sure you are able to see all hidden files and extensions (View tab
in Folder Options).

a. Check "Display the contents of system folders".
b. Check "Show hidden files and folders".
c. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" and click "OK" to the
dialog box.

Method B. The wbem thing from MVP Torgeir Bakken (more elegant)

Open a command window (Start/Run -- cmd.exe) and run the following
commands:

net stop winmgmt
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
ren repository repository.old
net start winmgmt

(or alternatively delete it using the command "rd /s repository" instead
of the ren command)

It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the database.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Malke" wrote:

yiannis wrote:
I have completely removed Norton 2007 from my system(Uninstallation using
Symantec Removal Tool,Files/folders and Registry Keys) following Symantec's
guidelines.
Alhaugh i thaught nothing from Norton 2007 resides in my pc ,Windows
Security Center recognizes functional Norton 2007 in my system and
surprisingly EVEN Norton Firewall (i never had installed)!!
Please HELP me to get rid of NORTON 2007 from my system and my system's
Security Center surveillance!!
THANKS

If you are sure you followed Symantec's uninstallation instructions and
used the removal tool from the following links, you can reset the
Security Center.

http://tinyurl.com/q7nsf - Removing and reinstalling Norton Internet
Security, Norton AntiSpam, or Norton Personal Firewall (2006/2005/2004
versions)
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem2.htm

When Security Center reports an av or firewall that has been
uninstalled, try this (make a System Restore point first):

Method A.

StartRunservices.msc [enter]

Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click it.
Now click on the "Pause" button. Leave that window open and double-click
My Computer. Navigate to %systemroot%\Windows\System32\wbem (where
%systemroot% is the drive where XP is installed). Delete the Repository
folder and *only* the Repository folder. Now go back to the WMI service
window you left open and restart the service.

This will rebuild the Repository and hopefully straighten out the
incorrect entries for all your duplicates.

In order to see the Windows files, you may need to unhide them:

Make sure you are able to see all hidden files and extensions (View tab
in Folder Options).

a. Check "Display the contents of system folders".
b. Check "Show hidden files and folders".
c. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" and click "OK" to the
dialog box.

Method B. The wbem thing from MVP Torgeir Bakken (more elegant)

Open a command window (Start/Run -- cmd.exe) and run the following
commands:

net stop winmgmt
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
ren repository repository.old
net start winmgmt

(or alternatively delete it using the command "rd /s repository" instead
of the ren command)

It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the database.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User



Yiannis

DONE!!!!!
Thank you Malke
The only problem i face after the Repository folder rebuilding is that the
small arrow and the shrinking movement of the systray is lost!!

"yiannis" wrote:



"Malke" wrote:

yiannis wrote:
I have completely removed Norton 2007 from my system(Uninstallation using
Symantec Removal Tool,Files/folders and Registry Keys) following Symantec's
guidelines.
Alhaugh i thaught nothing from Norton 2007 resides in my pc ,Windows
Security Center recognizes functional Norton 2007 in my system and
surprisingly EVEN Norton Firewall (i never had installed)!!
Please HELP me to get rid of NORTON 2007 from my system and my system's
Security Center surveillance!!
THANKS

If you are sure you followed Symantec's uninstallation instructions and
used the removal tool from the following links, you can reset the
Security Center.

http://tinyurl.com/q7nsf - Removing and reinstalling Norton Internet
Security, Norton AntiSpam, or Norton Personal Firewall (2006/2005/2004
versions)
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem2.htm

When Security Center reports an av or firewall that has been
uninstalled, try this (make a System Restore point first):

Method A.

StartRunservices.msc [enter]

Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click it.
Now click on the "Pause" button. Leave that window open and double-click
My Computer. Navigate to %systemroot%\Windows\System32\wbem (where
%systemroot% is the drive where XP is installed). Delete the Repository
folder and *only* the Repository folder. Now go back to the WMI service
window you left open and restart the service.

This will rebuild the Repository and hopefully straighten out the
incorrect entries for all your duplicates.

In order to see the Windows files, you may need to unhide them:

Make sure you are able to see all hidden files and extensions (View tab
in Folder Options).

a. Check "Display the contents of system folders".
b. Check "Show hidden files and folders".
c. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" and click "OK" to the
dialog box.

Method B. The wbem thing from MVP Torgeir Bakken (more elegant)

Open a command window (Start/Run -- cmd.exe) and run the following
commands:

net stop winmgmt
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
ren repository repository.old
net start winmgmt

(or alternatively delete it using the command "rd /s repository" instead
of the ren command)

It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the database.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User



Yiannis

DONE!!!!!
Thank you Malke
Great help!!!

yiannis wrote:

DONE!!!!!
Thank you Malke
The only problem i face after the Repository folder rebuilding is that the
small arrow and the shrinking movement of the systray is lost!!

I'm glad that sorted it for you. I'm not quite sure what you mean by
your last sentence, but if you wish to show hidden programs from the
Notification Area ("systray"), then do that by right-clicking on an
empty area of the Taskbar and then left-clicking on Properties. You will
see where you can change the option to hide inactive icons.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Malke" wrote:

yiannis wrote:

DONE!!!!!
Thank you Malke
The only problem i face after the Repository folder rebuilding is that the
small arrow and the shrinking movement of the systray is lost!!

I'm glad that sorted it for you. I'm not quite sure what you mean by
your last sentence, but if you wish to show hidden programs from the
Notification Area ("systray"), then do that by right-clicking on an
empty area of the Taskbar and then left-clicking on Properties. You will
see where you can change the option to hide inactive icons.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


Thank you Malke , everything is ok. Ihave already done everything!
Thank your for your immediate , precise , helpful answer to my problem with
Security Center!I have no words to thakn you!

yiannis wrote:

Thank you Malke , everything is ok. Ihave already done everything!
Thank your for your immediate , precise , helpful answer to my problem with
Security Center!I have no words to thakn you!


Actually, the words you used were just fine. :-) I appreciate the thanks
and the time you took to let me things are working now.

Have a nice weekend.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke, thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I have been exchanging
support emails with Symantec for two weeks now, trying to resolve this
exact problem, only with Vista instead of XP. After reading and
following your post, the problem is resolved in under two minutes! You
are a genius!

Baa
Windows Vista Home Premium


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When Security Center reports an av or firewall that has been
uninstalled, try this (make a System Restore point first):

Method A.

StartRunservices.msc [enter]

Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click it.
Now click on the "Pause" button. Leave that window open and
double-click
My Computer. Navigate to %systemroot%\Windows\System32\wbem (where
%systemroot% is the drive where XP is installed). Delete the
Repository
folder and *only* the Repository folder. Now go back to the WMI
service
window you left open and restart the service.

This will rebuild the Repository and hopefully straighten out the
incorrect entries for all your duplicates.

In order to see the Windows files, you may need to unhide them:

Make sure you are able to see all hidden files and extensions (View
tab
in Folder Options).

a. Check "Display the contents of system folders".
b. Check "Show hidden files and folders".
c. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" and click "OK" to
the
dialog box.

Method B. The wbem thing from MVP Torgeir Bakken (more elegant)

Open a command window (Start/Run -- cmd.exe) and run the following
commands:

net stop winmgmt
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
ren repository repository.old
net start winmgmt

(or alternatively delete it using the command "rd /s repository"
instead
of the ren command)

It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the
database.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


--
Baa

Baa wrote:
Malke, thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I have been exchanging
support emails with Symantec for two weeks now, trying to resolve this
exact problem, only with Vista instead of XP. After reading and
following your post, the problem is resolved in under two minutes! You
are a genius!

That's very kind of you but I can't take credit for discovering the fix,
just for passing it on. :-)

Take care now,


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User