AndyHancock wrote:<span style="color:blue">
> On Apr 27, 11:09 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:<span style="color:green">
>> AndyHancock wrote:<span style="color:darkred">
>>> On Apr 27, 8:42 am, AndyHancock <AndyMHanc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> c:NAVOPTX.DAT contains these two lines:</span>
>><span style="color:darkred">
>>>> [NSPlugin] Enabled=0</span>
>><span style="color:darkred">
>>>> The file sounds like a Norton antivirus (NAV) file. Since I no
>>>> longer use NAV, I'd like to remove it. However, web searching
>>>> doesn't turn up any confirmation that it is a NAV file. Any
>>>> suggestions?</span>
>><span style="color:darkred">
>>> BTW, NSPlugin sounds like a Netscape plugin file, and I haven't
>>> used Netscape for ages, either. However, I'm not sure how much of
>>> the file- naming conventions are inheritted by Firefox or
>>> Thunderbird, so I didn't use that as a rationale for deleting it,
>>> either.</span>
>>
>> NAVOPTX.DAT or NAVOPTS.DAT?</span>
>
> NAVOPTX.DAT
><span style="color:green">
>> Windows version?</span>
>
> Windows 2000 Professional, Service Pack 4.
><span style="color:green">
>> After uninstalling NAV and LiveUpdate via Add/Remove Programs, you
>> also need to download/run the...
>>
>> Norton Removal Tool
>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgen...005033108162039
>> [Discussion:
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080207#story1]</span>
>
> Sheesh. I wonder why in the heck it's so hard to develop a proper
> uninstall.
>
> Thanks. Looks like a job for another day (considering task list
> today).</span>
Good luck. (Shouldn't take more the 5 minutes, start to finish.)
Norton applications have always been notorious for not uninstalling cleaning
and needing a Removal Tool to get rid of all the leftovers.