how can I remove Symantec from the system?

Hi,

I used to have a trial version of Norton Antivirus on my PC (and I have Win
98). When I went to remove it most went but not all - so I have had a
terrible time getting rid of all of Symantec. When booting up I get a
message that reads "Cannot find a device that me be needed to runWindows or a
Windows application. Windows registry or SYSTEM.INI refers to this device,
but thedevice file no longer exists." It mentions
C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANTEC\SYMEVNT.386 and SYMTDI.VXD. If I press enter once or
twice it just skips ahead - but how do I delte this permanently so I don't
get this message ever time I boot up? Thanks!

This has nothing to do with Windows Update.

You should check with Symantec for a solution but try this:
(probably in safe mode)

Use Regedit.exe and remove any reference to Symevnt.386
Start-Run-Regedit.
Navigate down to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\VxD
Expand VXD, find Symevnt and delete if there.
Same with SYMTDI.VXD
Restart the computer when finished.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:56:02 -0700, "Robby"
<> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I used to have a trial version of Norton Antivirus on my PC (and I have Win
>98). When I went to remove it most went but not all - so I have had a
>terrible time getting rid of all of Symantec. When booting up I get a
>message that reads "Cannot find a device that me be needed to runWindows or a
>Windows application. Windows registry or SYSTEM.INI refers to this device,
>but thedevice file no longer exists." It mentions
>C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANTEC\SYMEVNT.386 and SYMTDI.VXD. If I press enter once or
>twice it just skips ahead - but how do I delte this permanently so I don't
>get this message ever time I boot up? Thanks!

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html