Repair Vista SP1 registry errors caused by Symantec software
Vista has enough of its own problems without having to concern users with third party software issues, yet, they do exist. Symantec made a partial admission that its SymProtect feature was responsible for registry corruption during both Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 upgrades. The company recently delivered a software utility to locate and repair these registry problems.
If the SymProtect process was running during the installation of the Service Pack this would prevent a Microsoft utility called Fixccs.exe from executing which deletes registry entries created during the installation process. This is what would lead to the corruption problems.
SymProtect is designed to protect Symantec’s security suite from being attacked by any kind of malware and this is why it prevented from Fixccs.exe from running.
Other security suites have similar functionality, so if your system seems to have a mind of its own after the update then this may well be the problem. Symantec is one of the bigger names in the consumer and enterprise security software industry and so therefore can provide the utility.
The provider of your software may not be so include though Microsoft may eventually get around to providing a general fix for those affected by similar issues.
According to Realtechnews, Symantec was quick to blame Microsoft but eventually admitted to the XP SP3 problems and then to the Vista SP1 problems. The tool can be downloaded directly from Symantec.
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June 9th, 2008
Only idiots keep using Windows
Only real idiots keep using Symantec products.
June 9th, 2008
A better way would be Linux or Mac. Time to ditch the Virus Magnet and the vaporware, empty promises and expensive, buggy and excessive bloatware.
June 14th, 2008
It seems that it may be time to stop pointing fingers and for those of us that are going to continue to use Microsoft products, just keep our eyes and ears out for major problems with Vista and other products that we have to use with it … and then wait for the next installment. I think there are definitely some other solutions out there in the meantime – whether Linux or something else – and that now might be a good opportunity to test these out. Of course, it’s important to seek out the help of a tech professional first to check that your needs will definitely be met by another solution.
June 27th, 2008
yeah, maybe we should change to other OS for meantime. But, windows should make improvement, and i believe it will come that time. just keep waiting. windows is just begun.