Jay Somerset wrote:
> Now that my free trial period of Norton Protection (etc.) is over, I
> uninstalled it and LiveUpdate using the standard Vista uninstall
> facilities. Lots of folders and Registry entries remained.
>
> Then tried using the latest Norton Removal Tool, which is supposed to
> remove ALL bits and pieces. No visible improvement -- still have a
> lot of residual Symantec folders and Registry entries hanging around.
>
> Is there no way to get rid of all this junk otghe than manually
> deleting each and every folder and registry entry?

Norton/Symantec is the barnacle of the software world. I'm afraid you'll
have to edit the registry to remove all traces of "Norton" and its various
synonyms.

After scraping the registry, you should be able to remove various folders,
etc.

(Make a backup of the Registry first.)