NIS 2005 Renewal Problem

History ~ Dell 8600 Laptop, XP Home Sp2, Norton Internet Security 2005.
Subscription for Norton Internet Security Expiering so I uninstall
previous version and reinstall using a new 2005 License Key. The
renewal date Does not change 10/29/2005???? What gives. I have
searched the registry and tried to clean all references to Norton,
Symantec and license pertaining to NAV or NIS. Any Ideas would be
apprecated. Thx Tek

tek4u <tek4u@yahoo.com> wrote:
> History ~ Dell 8600 Laptop, XP Home Sp2, Norton Internet Security 2005.
> Subscription for Norton Internet Security Expiering so I uninstall
> previous version and reinstall using a new 2005 License Key. The
> renewal date Does not change 10/29/2005???? What gives. I have
> searched the registry and tried to clean all references to Norton,
> Symantec and license pertaining to NAV or NIS. Any Ideas would be
> apprecated. Thx Tek

There are so many claims about not being able to remove this Symantec
products, that I personally believe, the quickest way to get rid of
it is to reinstall your box, and omitting it.

Yours,
VB.
--
"Ich bin ein freier Mensch und werde jetzt von meinen Freiheitsrechten
Gebrauch machen - und zwar ausgiebig - natürlich nur in dem Rahmen, den
Otto Schily mir noch zur Verfügung stellt."
Wolfgang Clement am 10.10.05 als Noch-Superminister

tek4u wrote:
> History ~ Dell 8600 Laptop, XP Home Sp2, Norton Internet Security 2005.
> Subscription for Norton Internet Security Expiering so I uninstall
> previous version and reinstall using a new 2005 License Key. The
> renewal date Does not change 10/29/2005???? What gives. I have
> searched the registry and tried to clean all references to Norton,
> Symantec and license pertaining to NAV or NIS. Any Ideas would be
> apprecated. Thx Tek
>

Uninstall, Do a search for Symantec on C: There are folders under prof
files, common files and in each user profile which contain this
information, also get rid of any liveupdate stuff.
Cheers,
E.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Symantec\LiveSubscribe

This is the folder where Symantec stores the license definition. Just
delete that file, and try to update again.

tek4u wrote:
> History ~ Dell 8600 Laptop, XP Home Sp2, Norton Internet Security 2005.
> Subscription for Norton Internet Security Expiering so I uninstall
> previous version and reinstall using a new 2005 License Key. The
> renewal date Does not change 10/29/2005???? What gives. I have
> searched the registry and tried to clean all references to Norton,
> Symantec and license pertaining to NAV or NIS. Any Ideas would be
> apprecated. Thx Tek

Okay... Depending on how you use this information, you don't need to
enter the new key. I don't advocate outright piracy mind you... but you
asked how to remove it, so I will tell you. This has the side effect of
resetting your first year subscription. You can reinstall with your old
key and reactivate.

Uninstall the program thru add/remove control panel if you can.
Reboot your computer into safe mode.
Remove the following directories:

Under program files
remove all norton/symantec folders.
under program files/common files
remove symantec shared folder
under \documents and settings
select a user, enter application data folder, delete symantec folder
(this actually contains your subscription information).
do this for all users.

Do it from a console window for ease.
reboot your pc
open regedit
delete HKEY/LOCALMACHINE/SOFTWARE/SYMANTEC key
close regedit
install norton.

For win9x oses, the subscription information is under windows\allusers
I seem to remember. Deleting it does make norton think its a virgin
install. :)

As I said, I don't condone piracy... So if you do this and cheat
norton, it's you who won't sleep well at night. Not me.

Regards,
Dustin Cook
http://bughunter.atspace.org