Go to the Symantec www site and find the uninstaller utility for your
software (RnisUPG). That should clean out a lot of the remaining stuff
(although I don't believe you will ever completely get rid of it).
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Phyllis" wrote in message
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I just recently uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2003 from my computer.
The computer has been considerable slower since I put it on, and has been
having a lot of freeze-ups and illegal operations, which I thought might
be
caused by Norton since they started being really bad about the same time
that I installed it.

My question is when I go into regedit there is still 8 different folders
associated to Symantec. Can I safely just delete these folders? I have
never messed with the registry so I am a little gun shy about changing
anything in it but I would like Symantec to be completely gone. Thanks

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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"cotigrifn" wrote in message
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Recently, I was told that Norton Systemworks is not good
for w98 se. Is this true? Why?

My personal opinion is, "Yes, that's true." Why? Because it loads up the
Registry, the antivirus is a massive and intrusive operation that simply
isn't
necessary--many other AV solutions exist that are much leaner and less
intrusive, while still getting the job done. En fin, SystemWorks is often
the
*cause* of major problems, probably as harmful to your system as it is
helpful.
Also, many of SystemWorks' utilities are only mostly accurate--not 100%
accurate, which explains why...

It also keeps finding the same registry problems, says it
fixes them, but the problems show up again on the next
scan.

This may be because while they may *seem* to be invalid entries, they are
actually likely to be "conditional" entries--entries that are only valid
under
certain conditions. And/or, they may be entries that are rewritten when a
program is launched (and self-heals itself), or any number of similar
cases.
*OR*, they may be entries inserted by malware--malicious software--and
Win
Doctor only sees that they are invalid and has no ability to root out the
real
cause which lies elsewhere. You need adware/spyware scanners to do the
job
right.

Should I try to get them fixed?

How about you post them here, and we can likely tell you what to do about
them.

Thank you

You're welcome, s.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x