anti-anti-virus virus???

Are there any errors/warnings in the system or application logs.

well, the other pcs that appear as "offline" on the symantec system center also have the same problem.

when logging in it gives the error " cannot find c:\prog~\common~\syman~\SNDInst.exe"
tho this isn't much of a suprise since the entire symantec program is deleted

i could not find any errors/warnings in the system or application logs of note...

i'm going to try installing an older version to see if it does the same thing, if not maybe i can push the update and get it to stick :killcompu

Older versions of the client will still connect to the server...and get updates.

Only thing with the newer version of the client...they seem to have fixed the extensive use of resources and problems with communications....if the machine doesnt consume alot of resources in the first place...shouldnt be an issue.

MLF

well, version 9.0.3 does the same thing, this time i watched the processes list and when the files started deleting the process msiexec came up, which is the same process that runs when it is installing.

I think that this will help:

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301

And then you can try to run
http://www.alonewolfsoft.narod.ru/page23.htm
click on "Загрузить" to download, it is registry cleaner/repair tool, freeware, noneed to install.

thanks MrBabis, the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility didn't do anything, but the registry cleaner worked! now i don't have to format all those PCs :D