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29312 2001-12-31 08:43:00 After recently uninstalling a trial of Norton Internet Security 2001 i discovered that there are still registry and windows files left after the uninstall. Is it safe to delete these registry entries/windows files. I am planning to buy a new anti-virus program and am concerned that the remains of the old program may conflict with the new 1.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
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29313 2001-12-31 09:46:00 Hi Kyle, at a guess the registry entries and windows files will be related to the length of time the trial will run for (so you can't just reinstall Norton after a month). They will also contain the settings that you used when it was installed.

Hope this helps
JM

PS. Look whos got the sad life, posting a message here at 2147 on New Years Eve.

Have a good one
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29314 2002-01-01 09:30:00 Do the de-install from Control Panel/remove software..
Then use JV Powertools, RegCleaner to remove all the little dirt left in the corners.
http://www.jv16.org/
Great free software!
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29315 2002-01-01 14:43:00 norton have an anti virus removal tool at their website which you can download for free and this will go through and fully delete the trial version. I have used it on several systems as norton would not let me install a newer version till the old one was totally gone.
www.symantec.com
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