At 12:31 AM 12/03/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> A few months back I un-installed norton from my comp in favor of avast.
>There are still items in the registry which cause a message to pop up when
>I try
>to start a couple of basic games. It reads: C:\PROGRAM~1\SYMANTIC\S32EVNT1.DLL
>An unstable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization. Choose 'CLOSE'
>to terminate the operation.
> The option besides 'Close' is 'Ignore' which I use to close message window
>and continue with game.
> Is there a safe way to delete the symantic entries or, if not, how can I
>stop the message from appearing?
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Try Karen Kenworthy's Registry Pruner - free.
<http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp>
It will provide you with a list of registry entries found by your search
terms e.g. symantec, and will allow you to delete all or any.
Back up the registry before you do anything.
Best wishes
Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada
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