Update 16.0.0.125 to 16.1.0.33 causes NIS2009 to NOT work anymore

NIS2009 did an auto liveupdate from 16.0.0.125 to 16.1.0.33, and after reboot NIS2009 will not start at all.

 

My steps:

-uninstalled NIS2009 after it would not start

-rebooted

-reinstalled version 16.0.0.125 since 16.1.0.33 is not available as a download

-did a livupdate which brought definitions up to date

-rebooted

-did a liveupdate that installed version 16.1.0.33

-rebooted

-same problem - NIS2009 16.1.0.33 will not start at all

 

I have done this three times, turning off auto-liveupdate and norton's self-protection settings to see if that works and it does not.  I have a desktop computer where the update worked, but on my laptop it does not work.  License is ok by the way.  I did notice that both the old and new engines are listed in the Norton programs folder, but I cannot delete the old engine files to see if that helps (I assume those that have it working still have both engines listed in the program folders).  Also, here is a link to another person that I think is having the same problem but may be unaware that he had an update that may have caused this ( http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=nis_feedback&thread.id=19386 ).  New thread created to be specific that this is an update related problem on my system and because his problem is not 100% confirmed to be related to the update.

 

My system stats:

Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop

Vista Home Premium  SP1 - 32-bit version

Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.87 Ghz Processor

2GB RAM

 

I am going to remove, reload, and leave auto-updates off for now so I have some protection until Symantec fixes or diagnoses this issue.  Thanks in advance for any help to resolve this.

 

-tr