There are no pre-installed Symantec products to my knowledge with any Windows OS. The exceptions would be those crappy "Restore CD's" you get with name brand PC's that aren't really an OS. They may have a Symantec product bundled product on them. AdAware has nothing to do with Symantec.
All Windows OS's come with thousands of images. Some are not needed, like the obvious in My Pictures and the like, and in the Wallpaper folder (if you don't use wallpaper). The rest are going to be needed for various Windows' programs' GUI interfaces. They are NOT just jpg's, they are in ALL image formats: jpg, gif, png, bmp, ico, etc. When you don't know what something is, just look it up. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-box_experience Remember I told you that XP's System Restore is VERY lacking. It does NOT actually restore everything on your PC it SHOULD restore. Don't rely on it. You need ERUNT for that. See last paragraph here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12371.html -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." > >> Do you have anything from Symantec installed on your PC > >> now? If so, > >> that folder is for it. - -Clint > > > But your question is interesting. How would one know if one > > has anything > > *from* a "whatever name" installed on a PC? --- Harold > > Well Harold if you don't know, then certainly know one else > is going to > know what you have installed. - -Clint > It's not that easy. My question above really referred to the pre-installed programs; how would I know which of them came from Symantec? Nothing that I personally downloaded came from the Symantec site. I even went there looking for their products to see if I'm using anything of theirs. Only thing familiar I noticed was Ad-aware mentioned but I think Ad-aware is manufactured by Lavasoft. With all nine Symantic folders/files still in the Recycle bin (easy to restore them to their original places), my Ad-aware was still able to update. Other than my text format in OE (question will soon follow), the computer is working like a charm. And you'd be amazed how much junk I was able to fish out of Program Files, Windows, System32, and the Registry. An example: I have 19 pictures of mountain climbers, cyclists, parts of cities from all over the world, and the leaning tower of pizza, etc, in C:\windows\system32\oobe\images ... why are they there? Some of the jpg's there seem to be important (arrows, backgrounds, splash screens ... these might be necessary for running the system) , pictures that seem to be for a tutorial might soon be deleted. Think of all the wallpaper in C:\windows\web\wallpaper ... why keep them all? If you need wallpaper, open MSPaint and make your own? Better yet, dowload something you like to look at, crop and change it to a bmp and voila. When they made the computer friendly, it was a blessing to millions (and Bill is giving millions back to the millions), but friendly, or is it familiarity, breeds contempt, and it's like a mission; I'm getting rid of all those contemptuous files and folders. I'm keeping a record of everything and so far, it's working fine. Should the system collapse, I'll know what straw it was and it'll be a learning experience. Interesting that WinXP (which you guys convinced me to get, kudos to all of you) makes it so easy to experiment this way; especialy with using the recycle bin with an easy restore from there, with a hold folder on the desktop to store files/folders while seeing how the system works without them, and with creating "restore points" in system restore (something important in system32), it's another way of having fun. --- Harold > > From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" > Symantec or Norton makes dozens of different products, and > most if not all > of them have that "Live Update" plugin. Searching your HD is > the only > way, but (I realize they are in the Recycle Bin) you can't > just go and > start deleting folders off your HD. They may be needed for > something. > Also if you delete the folders then try and UNinstall > something (related > to a deleted folder), it won't uninstall properly if at all. > > Why can't you just look in the Symantec folder that was under > Program > Files and **see** what it is? If it's empty or if you're > CERTAIN it was > for their AV software, then you have your answer and it can > be deleted. > You may also have a "Live Update" entry under "Add/Remove > Programs" > (unless of course you already removed it). - -Clint > > ----- Original Message ----- > I have one Symantec folder in my "Program Files" and two in > my > "Application Data" folders. I know it has something to do > with LiveUpdate, > maybe only needed with Norton. I use AVG (free) for those > "nasties" ... > does this Symantec have any other reason besides Norton for > being in my > system? I deleted Norton ages ago, and using RegSeeker it > doesn't even > appear in the Registry. --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
