NAV 2013 Symantec Service Framework Error During Live Update Followed By Error 8504, 104

Following a fresh full system reboot, I noticed that Live Update had not automatically updated virus definitions for over 1 hour. In checking the NAV history, it showed multiple Live Update cancellations due to incomplete downloading of a 90 MB virus definitions file.

 

So, I tried to do a manual Live Update, but the update just hung at the "Checking for Updates" stage.   I tried to cancel the update, with no success.  Live Update would not close.  I then used Windows Task Manager to close NAV "Live Update", which generated a  "Symantec Service Framework" error message, causing the entire NAV 2013 program to crash.

 

Because of the NAV 2013 program crash, I did another full system reboot, ran Manual Live Update to complete the new virus definitions file download/installation, and while doing so, NAV 2013 encountered Error 8504, 104, which could not be autofixed.

 

I never had any of these problems prior to upgrading to NAV 2013 20.2.0.19.  I now seriously regret upgrading to this latest version, as the continued problems have become just to much tot deal with.