Day: January 3, 2012
How-to: Uninstall Symantec without the password
On corporate versions of Symantec, the uninstall procedure may be protected by a password, to avoid users uninstalling this security product. By default the password is : symantec You can however in case you have lost the password still uninstall, it just requires you to go to registry. Go toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\AdministratorOnly\Security Locate DWORD called UseVPUninstallPassword, modify value to 0 (this disables the password) Close the Registry editor and continue with your uninstall