Thanks Gary for your advice.

The DOS message suggests that the "start" is in either the System.ini file
or the registry. Following your advice I also checked the Win.ini file and
there is nothing in either win or system.ini files only in the registry.

I am very reluctant to try Symantec/Norton and was thinking that a "manual"
edit would be a better option.

Can you give some precise instruction please?

Thanks


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Go to the Norton site and get whatever version is required of their own
"clean
up" utility. Their software is so notoriously difficult to uninstall and
clean
out that they make special apps to do it for you. It's not an easy chore
to
accomplish, otherwise. In fact, I'd say it's near impossible unless you're
a
true expert.

Also, the actual startup entry you're looking for is, I think, more likely
to be
in WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI (I forget which--the latter, I think.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Moir" wrote in message
...
A friend has asked me to "fix" her old Compaq Presario 3000 (about early
90's model I think) that has Win98 o/s.

We have tried uninstalling a number of Symantec/Norton programs (Norton
Utilities and Norton Uninstall Deluxe). Was not able to uninstall one of
these via its own uninstall routine and not able to fully uninstall via
the
Add/Remove program in Control Panel either.

When the computer now boots up we get a DOS message saying that the
computer
is looking for Symevnt.386. Hitting the Enter key allows the computer to
complete its boot successfully. After a "search" in the Registry I have
noted a number of entries in Local
Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\SharedDLLS that refer
to
SYMANTEC (Live Updates etc ) including SYMEVNT.386.

How can I safely delete these entries? I ran MS's RegClean but that
made no
difference.
Thanks for any help.