My Post was after the frustration of working through the Symantec Non-Suport site, attempting to get a intelligent answer out of several non-english speaking support personel.

Ok I admitt that the last item on my list has a cure(?) uninstall and apply the removal tool.. Well why the blazes cant the installer be intelligent enough to do that itself?

Win 98: Refuses to install
Win98/me/XPhe: Product activation won't run.. product expires after 15days
Win 98: console fails to start: as a result the Activation warnings don't run.. each expired befor I could find out if it could be started any other way.
how do you think a customer would feel if you tell them that to get the AV to install and work, that you have to reinstall the operating system? thats as bad as repairing the damage from some virii.. not to mention the extra time.

This sort of issue once in a while you can tollerate.. but 1 in 5 systems is a ****ing disgrace


cheers