Re: Windows Security Center Shows non exisitng Symantec firewall

It worked! Thanks a lot!

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yes, in your case it is safe to ignore what the Security Center is
> telling you.
>
> Anyway, see if removing the WMI repository helps on the phantom
> entry.
>
> How to move or delete the WMI repository to force an auto-recover of
> it's default state:
>
> Open a command window (Start/Run --> cmd.exe) and run the following
> commands:
>
> net stop winmgmt
> cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
> ren repository repository.old
> net start winmgmt
>
> (or alternatively delete it using the command "rd /s repository" instead
> of the ren command)
>
> It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the database.
>
>
> Robert wrote:
>
> > Everything (including WMI) was removed using either Add/Remove Programs or
> > SymNRT tool. Then I cleaned leftover files according to their instructions.
> > Still no help.
> >
> > After several hours of chatroom discussion with Symantec suport people, I
> > was thinking that this may be an issue with some registry (or some other)
> > entry not related to Symantec (since they told me what to remove and I did).
> > Since Windows Security Center did not exist before SP2, I removed it SP2 and
> > installed it again, hoping this would clean up some entry somewhere. Well,
> > it did not help. I still see the same info about Norton Internet Security
> > being ON in the firewall section if I turn off Windows firewall. The Virus
> > Protection section tells me that Norton AntiVirus reports that it is up to
> > date and virus scanning is on. Obviously, both are not true.
> >
> > One of the things a Symantec tech told me to do was to look in msconfig for
> > Symantec services. I found there Symantec Core LC. After all the cleaning,
> > it still shows up there, but its status is stopped, even though it is checked
> > to run. Unchecking doesn't help anything. Could this be a problem and how
> > do I remove this entry from msconfig?
> >
> > Here some more questions, then:
> > 1. What would happen if I uninstalled Windows XP and installed them back?
> > Would this fix the problem without creating too many others? Obviously this
> > is the last thing I want to do.
> > 2. If I know that the standard Windows firewall is working, is it safe to
> > just ignore the message that the system may have more than one firewall on?
> > I'm assuming here that whatever Symantec left on my computer is just telling
> > the Security Center that it exists, but does not interfere with Windows
> > firewall.
> > 3. Similar tquestion to the one in (2), but for the virus protection. If I
> > were to install new virus protection (after the experience with Symantec, I'm
> > strongly leaning towards somebody else), will it be effective or maybe it
> > will even erase this wrong message about NAV?
> >
> > I would summarize the above three questions as: is it safe to ignore what
> > the Security Center is telling me and provide protection for my computer by
> > using appropriate software (standard Windows firewall and some virus
> > detection software)?
> >
> > Sorry, for the long message, and thanks for your suggestions.
> >
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
>
.

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