About a week back my Mcafee expired. I recieved a virus almost immidiatly. My computer palyed random music, voice notes, commericals, just the audio though. I went into the task manager and managed to find the right program and ended that task. I just bought Norton today, and know that I needed to delete Mcafee to install Norton. So I deleted Mcafee and was prompted to restart my system. After restart a blue screen came up and my computer would not start. It restarted, i logged into my user name, and a few seconds later after everything had loaded it went back to that blue screen and shut off. I've tried to install Norton in every possible way. I tried in safety mode, and all the other options i was given. How can i fix this and run my computer normally, and install Norton?
The Norton installer (any installer using the MSI installer) can't run in Safe Mode, they need services which don't run is SM.
If you have troubles with it, log-in to safe mode, and open the msconfig panel, and do these steps. It will load only the MS things without anything (special driver's exe (like wifi) sometimes need to be run manually after the boot), and you can run any cleaning program, and symantec setup as well.
The problem may be due to the virus which is still present in your computer. The same can also happen if you have some left-over components from Mcafee program. You may have to check both now in order to install Norton 2009 program.
I would suggest you to try the Norton Recovery Tool for NIS 2009 first to remove the virus from your computer. Click this LINK for the Symantec Support Article which has instructions for downloading and using the Norton recovery tool.
To remove Mcafee completely from your computer, you may need to use the Mcafee Removal tool. Check the instructions provided in the McAfee Support Article in this LINK.
If you still get blue screen, you need to get the information that the error message gives you. The structure of the error message includes two or more of the following items:
A STOP message with a set of numbers, such as 0x0000001E (0xc0000006, 0xA011C102, 0x00000000, 0xA011C102)
A specific error, such as IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
The name of the file that is involved with the problem, such as Symevnt.sys
This will help to find out the exact reason for the blue screen in your computer
Yogesh
Message Edited by yogesh_mohan on 12-16-2008 06:40 PM
A great innovation with NIS09 is that it uses it's own engine to install, therefore bypassing Windows installer and potentially installation blocking malware.
If you are trying to install NIS09, you should be able to do so in Normal and Safe Mode without problems.
As Hugh has asked, exactly which version of NIS are you trying to install?
About a week back my Mcafee expired. I recieved a virus almost immidiatly. My computer palyed random music, voice notes, commericals, just the audio though. I went into the task manager and managed to find the right program and ended that task. I just bought Norton today, and know that I needed to delete Mcafee to install Norton. So I deleted Mcafee and was prompted to restart my system. After restart a blue screen came up and my computer would not start. It restarted, i logged into my user name, and a few seconds later after everything had loaded it went back to that blue screen and shut off. I've tried to install Norton in every possible way. I tried in safety mode, and all the other options i was given. How can i fix this and run my computer normally, and install Norton?
Wow you guys are REALLY helpful lol. I dont even know where to begin. I'll get back to you as soon as I try all these things. And to answer your questions i am running on XP, i purchased the newest version of Norton Internet Security 09'