How to remove left over norton drivers

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  1. Rilla927

    Rilla927 Registered Member

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    Mr.PC

    Are you saying the greyed out drivers show up under here?

    I've always known about this but I don't remember the greyed out drivers. I also forgot about this until you showed this.
     
    Rilla927, Dec 29, 2010
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    Hi Rilla927,

    I found that in WinXP, default "Show hidden devices" did NOT show leftover entries for previous antivirus drivers.

    Only after applying what Matthijs5nl posted (which also required to Show hidden devices), did those entries show up. Don't know about Vista & Win7.

    Btw, thanks Matthijs5nl for posting the tip! :)
     
    yeow, Dec 31, 2010
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    thanks for the tip/trick...tried it
    wow lots of leftover stuff in here...let's see:
    Avast
    AVG
    GData
    F-Secure
    Kaspersky
    Norton
    PC Tools
    Online Armor
    Returnil
    Trustport
    Prevx
    Privatefirewall
    ESET
    Panda
    Comodo

    wow what have been I'm doing with my laptop XD
     
    AnonOT, Dec 31, 2010
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    Wow, what a list.

    I have to restore her laptop to factory settings. Since NIS is on there I wanted to ask folks that have used the removal tool before, do you uninstall NIS first then run the removal tool in windows? Or just run the removal tool straight out?

    Thanks
     
    Rilla927, Jan 1, 2011
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    Run the Tool straight out.
     
    PJC, Jan 1, 2011
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    Thanks mate!
     
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    You are welcome! :thumb:
     
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  9. tgell

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    That was a good tip by Matthijs5nl. I always used Autoruns to look through the drivers and delete the ones I knew were no longer used. The tip can also be run from the command line.

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/remove-old-drivers-after-upgrading-to-new-hardware/

     
    tgell, Jan 1, 2011
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