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Re: Symantec AntiVirus - did not upgrade before installing Vista You might check the symantic site for any special uninstall tools
(software). I had a problem with MacAfee and only after much searching did I
find that it will not uninstall properly unless you use their special
software to remove it.
"Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
news:e6uC278lHHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The best thing you can do at this point is to back up any data that you
> have on your computer. Just the data, pictures, documents, spreadsheets,
> etc.... If you have a CD-RW/DVD-RW, then do the backup.
>
> Do a clean install of Vista on your PC, then install AVG Free or AVAST
> which works well with Vista. Upgrades usually are hard to deal with, you
> will never fully get rid of pesky problems with your old system. I am
> sure people will say that this is over kill, but up front you will spend
> more time formatting and installing everything from scratch, but in the
> long run, you will have less problems, thus saving grief and time. A
> much better solution if you ask me.
>
>
> "PJ" <PJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:23D5B3D1-4C73-4E97-8539-9494C7E98EAB@microsoft.com...
>> It took so long to install Vista that I forgot to update my Symantec
>> Antivirus before actually upgrading to Vista. I upgraded after the fact
>> and
>> now get an incompatability error: This version of Symatec AntiVirus
>> does
>> not support Windows Vista Platform. I tried to uninstall the antivirus
>> software but I get the same message. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Any info would be appreciated!
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