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Rebooting Windows Vista Again . . . and Again

05/01/2008 10:49 PM

In my laptop,having windows vista operating software,uninstalled norton anti - virus,and installed Kaspersky Anti software,after installation my laptop is showing,that windows has discoverd a change that will result in limited windows functionality,what i have to any one please find a solution for me
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05/02/2008 11:26 PM

Some would say this may help, see the Yoga!

Sorry I can't help, I kept XP.

Good luck.
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05/02/2008 11:27 PM

Go to the Symantic Norton website and locate their Norton Software Removal Tool. They have left so much rubish in your system that's the only way to remove the last of it.


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Re: Rebooting Windows Vista Again . . . and Again

05/03/2008 1:59 AM

G.A. NoSciFi, That is precisely what I had to do in order to install even XP in my system. Norton certainly is persistent. It protects you even from yourself.

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Re: Rebooting Windows Vista Again . . . and Again

05/03/2008 4:21 AM

hi there i had the same problem happen you can try rebooting as you do keep pressing f8 key then the system is in safe mode you can remove safely the program causing the most problems

it worked for me when my computer was going crazy its working now so try it if you need more help im all ways here most of the time

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Re: Rebooting Windows Vista Again . . . and Again

05/03/2008 7:33 AM

After days and days of frustrations... I finally got my QuickBook Premier 2006 running on my desktop. Cause: Problem on another of my computers and I had installed a Norton program on this one to "try" to make a bootable CD. Didn't work, so un-installed the Norton program. THEN the problems started. Finally, like stated above, went to their website and downloaded their software removal program and ran it. Then the problems really started. It deleted things it shouldn't have. Took me dang near a week of going to different websites and reading forums until I got it working again.

So, BE PREPARED after running Norton's software removal program. It can cause problems of its own. Maybe you'll be lucky and have none of those problems. (caused by their removal tool)

I told the program to remove everything, it asked some questions about .dll's that didn't seem to be used by anything... told it go ahead. I think that was a mistake. So if it asks you the question about this or that .dll, my recommendation is to leave it.

But the removal tool does seem to be the only way to get their software (NEVER again on one of my computers) off your computer.

Link to their un-installer:

http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

You say:"...limited windows functionality..."

That may be from some of the settings in your new anti-virus software. Maybe the settings are locked down too tight?

Run their program, let us know if that solved your problem, sandraas.

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05/04/2008 7:30 PM

I use zone alarm Internet suite, so I just tell ZA to kill a program and it's dead. Or then use search to ID all pieces and delete from program files, end of problem.

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05/04/2008 7:49 PM

Yikes, they rent it to you for:

1 user, 1 year ($49.95) *Limited time offer

Me with 4 computers: $200 a year. That is pretty nuts.

I just have to be more careful I don't install junk software like I did from Norton.
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05/05/2008 12:33 AM

Not $200 a year, the update cost is minimal compared to the initial fee but the protection and ease of use is magnificent. I am a happy customer what is peace of mind worth?

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05/03/2008 4:38 PM

I would suggest that if you have any critical data backed up to cd or dvd disc, rather than spend all that time messing around trying to outguess the software, just wipe the drive and reinstall.

That having been said, Microsoft has installed in Vista, I believe also in XP, the neatest fail safe. You should be able to get the system to look backward and reset the machine to the original install.

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05/04/2008 7:33 AM

Yes, that would work fine if you didn't really use your computer, or only did a couple different things on it, like in a business application and only had a couple gig of files on it.

But when you have close to 200,000 different files on your computer covering several hundred gigs of HDD, putting back to the way it was new is not an option.

I think most computer "users" only use maybe a half dozen programs and can run System Recovery at about any time after backing up a few files.

I don't want to spend hundreds of hours trying to put software back on my computer, because it would never be the "way it was". The thousands of $$$$ worth of software I have purchased over the years and still use, lots of it bought online, downloaded, finding the registration codes for that. Yes, have an Access file for some of those, but that has info for only about 60 of them. Used to keep that info on paper... that was insane.

Right now Windows Explorer is starting to give me errors and needs to close. Finding what is causing that is going to be fun.

Computers are FUN! ...except when they are causing us grief!

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05/04/2008 4:06 PM

Funny I am having the same problem with Windows explorer It started a week or so ago and I have not been able to find out why either. I have tried reinstalling it from microsofts site even resorted to sending the error reports every time it happened. No answer. Checked their site for info Nix if anyone out there finds a solution please let us know Thanks

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05/04/2008 4:58 PM

Yes, seems mine started about a week ago, too. Starting to sound like it is tied into a MS automatic (for our PROTECTION) update. There was an update a few months back that I had to un-install because it caused me problems.

Have 4 online here 24/7, one with Windows Media Edition, one with XP Home, one with XP Pro and (do I ever REGRET this), one with Vista on it. :(

The XP Home one is the one giving me the grief right now.

Yes, I am going to have to go look for an answer to "fix" it, I suppose.

I thought others were having problems with that too, thanks for the reply. Will let you know if I find out what is causing it, coconut pete.

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05/05/2008 1:10 AM

The restore functions don't wipe the files you have put on the computer. They just rebuild the operating systems to as they were when the computer was new or any later point you may save as a reference point.

I have used that function on my Vista lap-top numerous times and just last week on an XP machine of a neighbor who had gotten overwhelmed with virus,' spy programs, etc., because he had been operating without any protective software.

Absolutely neat. Run restore and all the bad guys are gone system running neat and clean.

Try it. You'll like it.

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05/05/2008 1:15 AM

This may work if a defrag has not been performed in the mean time...

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05/05/2008 2:21 AM

Actually because it rebuilds to an earlier point, even as when new if desired, it should work even then.

I don't believe defrag would affect the section set aside for the rebuild file reference. In the past I have tried to wipe clean drives with such special partitions. They are hard as hell to get rid of unless you ferret out the particular partition and files and order that to be, begone.

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05/05/2008 7:43 PM

Ah but a defrag would create a new restore point chronologically after the disputed change had occurred rendering the Windows OS limited.

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05/05/2008 4:31 AM

Yes, restore works that way. System RECOVERY does not. It formats the HDD.

Restore didn't work, sorry to say. And XP or Vista only keeps about a month of restore dates and then starts writing over the oldest dates.

It's out to get us, one way or the other!

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05/05/2008 7:45 PM

You can however back up and remove an update which usually is the problem.

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05/05/2008 8:50 PM

Figuring out the one causing the problem is the trick. I don't remember having all these problems with CP/M & Zcpr-3. Of course, back then, 10MB was a HDD so big that it was dang near impossible to fill it up. :)
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05/06/2008 12:13 AM

fond memories leave them be

Figuring out the one causing the problem is the trick

Vista has a useful tool to help with that.

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