Manual uninstall info can be found on Symanyec's support site.
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"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I just went through a Windows XP Home -> Vista Home Premium upgrade
> and it went fairly smoothly with the exception of Norton Anti-virus.
> The instructions said to update your anti-virus program and then
> disable it while you are upgrading to Vista. (It should have said
> uninstall the anti-virus program) After the Vista upgrade it
> complained about Norton Anti-Virus 2006 and it recommended the
> download of a newer 2007 version.
>
> We downloaded the 2007 version but the install kept failing. I think
> it is because the 2006 version would not uninstall.
>
> I went into the control panel and tried to uninstall the 2006 version
> and it almost completed but could not stop some service. Once you
> click cancel it tried to undo the uninstall and it is not very
> successful and leaves the system a mess.
>
> What I need is a way to manually uninstall Norton anti-virus 2006 or a
> way to just stop it from starting up so that Norton 2007 can install.
> Anyone? Is there a Safe Mode with Vista?
>
> Al
>