Re: LiveUpdate not working

From: MyndPhlyp (nobody_at_home.now)
Date: 01/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:12:45 GMT

"Kenneth Warnock" <kwarnock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:957b9119.0401230443.35dd2407@posting.google.com...
> As recommended, I preformed a complete uninstall and deletion of the
> Norton Systemworks. All went smoothly and without errors. I also got
> all of the updates after the fresh installation and Systemworks
> Liveupdate reported that everything was up to date. I then rebooted
> and went to do one final Liveupdate check. At this point the
> Liveupdate again stopped working at the same point as previously.
> This leads me to believe that there is something amiss with one of the
> update files that sabotages future update attempts. Still at least I
> got the new virus definitions with all this messing around so won't
> have to uninstall and reinstall for a couple of weeks. Maybe by then
> Symantec will acknowledge that they have a self-induced problem with
> their update and make a correction...

ROFL. Hold your breath. Chances of you turning blue are better than Symantec
admitting they screwed the pooch.

If I think of it, I'll snoop around Symantec's Knowledge Base (for lack of a
better description) to see if I can find that posting regarding blown
updates.

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