got a laptop im trying to uninstall 2005 Synamtec Corporate ed. from, but the uninstall process requires a password to be entered, which is unknown.

Is there any way to circumvent this and continue? (and yes, the symantec had not been updated since 3/2005....)

9/2/2009 10:59:36 AM

i assume you aren't logged in as administrator?

try going to safe mode, login as administrator and uninstall from there

9/2/2009 11:00:33 AM

Let me find the cleanwipe utility on my flash drive for you.

9/2/2009 11:03:22 AM

try symantec as the password

[Edited on September 2, 2009 at 11:08 AM. Reason : ]

9/2/2009 11:08:46 AM

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

use this.

9/2/2009 11:10:10 AM

schp: I have administrator privileges

^i'll try that, thanks-

9/2/2009 11:13:12 AM

having those privs is not always equal to being logged in as administrator

but, that link is a better way to take care of it

9/2/2009 11:17:00 AM

ah, i see


password was symantec

9/2/2009 11:35:48 AM

yeah whenever ive encountered that before, the password has been symantec bc most sysadmins are too lazy to change it

9/2/2009 11:37:13 AM

I changed it.

9/2/2009 2:20:17 PM

this has to be lamest security I've ever seen by symantec. pro tip: if you kill the msiexec.exe process created by the admin account you're logged in as, the password prompt goes away and the uninstall keeps on truckin

9/2/2009 2:39:40 PM

you gotta have a default password right?

9/2/2009 2:49:54 PM