...isn't it annoying when you make a few keypresses and end up screwing up an unfathomable amount of stuff?
Yesterday I was having issues with Symantec A/V... wanted to uninstall it, the uninstaller hung (hanged?), rebooted, and it wasnt in Add/Remove anymore... Googled manual uninstallation, saved the html file, booted into safemode (wouldnt work in 'full' xp), deleting all the files, the reg keys etc... saw it said something along the lines of 'search for S-18-1...' and delete.
which i did. except the line went on to say 'delete all references to Symantec Antivirus'... what I've done is delete all the registry keys concerning the installation details of programs... ie:
Fire up office, it asks where the symantec a/v installation (installer.msi type thing) is... no idea mate, cancel that, then asks where adobe reader installation is, no idea either, cancel that... then it installs itself and fires up...
Msn wont work, tries to install itself. fails...
etc, etc...
and because i've deleted the reg keys I cant uninstall them from Add/Remove.
All because I was too hasty with a 'del/y'. two buttons...
Anyone done anything equally similar from just a few keypresses? or is it just me having a bad day.


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