Hello John, Thanks for the the new buzz word for my PCictionary. "Symantecly Screwed!" Now this is a new one for me, very appropriate and will definitely be an entry to my list. The problem... I have reinstalled the O/$ 2 times. Somehow, it seems to me like symantec is not letting the O/$ build a new Registry since right after a successful installation, the reboot will again be intercepted by the 3 error messages from Symantec and shutsdown the system! This happens right after the POST and prior to the Windows screen. Simply put, the f*&)*(_._)^%^&%$g Symantec/Norton won't let Windows boot up because it can't find the "live update database file, NAV auto-protect is unable to start, and the Symenvt.386 is missing, system is halted, Need to reload Norton Anti-virus." Blah-blah-blah!!! And John, I don't give up easily but having read a lot of horror stories about Symantec/Norton from all over Chatrooms, Newsgroups, etc, and now experiencing it myself,, I want you to know that the lesson learned here is taken seriously by yours truly.... Thank you very much and Merry Christmas to you and the Family! Emie DelRosario ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dent" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 2:43 AM Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Reformat/Reload/Reconfigure > Ernie, > > You are symantecly screwed! However I would (depending on the operating > system) first try to reinstall from the windows disk without formatting, > (And thereby save the system's files as installed - which the customer will > like.) The lesson for all to learn from this is don't use or recommend > Symantec products. There are plenty of good replacement software out there > like Avast Anti Virus or Fix-It Utilities. > > John D. > > Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml