"Free" Rigistry Cleaner any good?

"Psale" wrote in
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Hi Val,
I too wish to uninstall Norton System Works 2005 because it
appears to be such a resource hog and there is virtually no
support. Might you have any tips for a complete and safe removal
of NSW2005 from a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC? -

See if this helps:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...20050331081620
39?Open&src=&docid=2004071910434606&nsf=tsgeninfo. nsf&view=docid&dtype=
&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=&seg=

Or here's the TinyURL version: http://tinyurl.com/7wdk9

This is not an unusual request.Symantec has the bad habit of placing files
everywhere on the hard drives. First run the add/remove module to get the
removal going. After that go to the directory where norton has resided and
manually delete the remaining files and the directory. Then run a manual
search on all drives if you have more than one to find any remnants of
symantec or norton files and delete them.

Then run a registry cleaner to locate any remaining norton/symantec keys and
delete them. I suggest you defrag the drive where norton/symantec sat to
definitely get rid of them.

Also check for a module called "live update" and "Live registration" and
delete them either using the add/remove module or do it manually.

A big job but worth it to clean out the garbage.

I must admit the I still have Partition Magic and WinFax Pro on my machine
so I had to be very careful when deleting NSW from my machine.

Go slow and perhaps backup before you begin.

Good luck.

Regards,

"Psale" wrote in message
...
Hi Val,
I too wish to uninstall Norton System Works 2005 because it appears to be
such a resource hog and there is virtually no support. Might you have any
tips for a complete and safe removal of NSW2005 from a Windows XP Pro SP2
PC?
-
Peter Sale

"VManes" wrote:

Yes, the Norton/Symantec prodcuts are a pale imitation of what they once
were ( I loved Norton Untilites 4.5 - that was Golden!) Recently, I
undertook the task of removing all Symantec products from our two main
PCs -
mainly because the antispam product was just dogging down the system, not
just while working email. Man, what a performance boost!

Bullwinkle Moose wrote:
This is not an unusual request.Symantec has the bad habit of placing files
everywhere on the hard drives. First run the add/remove module to get the
removal going. After that go to the directory where norton has resided and
manually delete the remaining files and the directory. Then run a manual
search on all drives if you have more than one to find any remnants of
symantec or norton files and delete them.

Then run a registry cleaner to locate any remaining norton/symantec keys and
delete them. I suggest you defrag the drive where norton/symantec sat to
definitely get rid of them.

Also check for a module called "live update" and "Live registration" and
delete them either using the add/remove module or do it manually.

A big job but worth it to clean out the garbage.

I must admit the I still have Partition Magic and WinFax Pro on my machine
so I had to be very careful when deleting NSW from my machine.

Go slow and perhaps backup before you begin.

Good luck.

Regards,

"Psale" wrote in message
...

Hi Val,
I too wish to uninstall Norton System Works 2005 because it appears to be
such a resource hog and there is virtually no support. Might you have any
tips for a complete and safe removal of NSW2005 from a Windows XP Pro SP2
PC?
-
Peter Sale

"VManes" wrote:


Yes, the Norton/Symantec prodcuts are a pale imitation of what they once
were ( I loved Norton Untilites 4.5 - that was Golden!) Recently, I
undertook the task of removing all Symantec products from our two main
PCs -
mainly because the antispam product was just dogging down the system, not
just while working email. Man, what a performance boost!




The ONLY thing I found to effectively remove Norton stuff was a full
re-install. For some reason months after removing NAVS an occasional
message appertaining to NAVS would appear or a an empty folder was
discovered.

I don't know if I did the right thing (the restore was probably required
for other reasons) but it did seem to reduce a bit of the NAVS peskiness IMO

Hi Psale - See here for complete removal instructions:
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP/DTS/AH-VSOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, he
http://DefendingYourMachine.blogspot.com/



"Psale" wrote in message

Hi Val,
I too wish to uninstall Norton System Works 2005 because it appears to be
such a resource hog and there is virtually no support. Might you have any
tips for a complete and safe removal of NSW2005 from a Windows XP Pro SP2
PC?
-
Peter Sale

"VManes" wrote:

Yes, the Norton/Symantec prodcuts are a pale imitation of what they once
were ( I loved Norton Untilites 4.5 - that was Golden!) Recently, I
undertook the task of removing all Symantec products from our two main
PCs -
mainly because the antispam product was just dogging down the system, not
just while working email. Man, what a performance boost!