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chrisrny
Level 2
14 years ago

Uninstalling Symantec Win64 without password

I have been trying to uninstall this product from my Laptop (Vista Ultimate). I no longer have the HP supplied disk and password. Can you tell me how to uninstall this software as it reinstalls even ...
  • P_K_1's avatar
    14 years ago

    Try this TAKE A BACKUP of the registry

    Change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SMC\smc_exit_test from 1 to 0 prior to stopping the service.if smc requires a password

    1. Stop the SMC service.

    2. Delete the SmcInstData key located under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SMC\

    3. Start the Symantec Endpoint Protection uninstall