Date: 04/08/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: virus, antivirus

I'm using a PC running Windows XP x64. I've been having trouble with the Live Update on my antivirus (Symantec AntiVirus 64), so I decided to do an uninstall and reinstall to try to fix it... only when I try to reinstall, I keep getting an error that says the installation was interrupted. I had uninstalled everything Symantec from the computer and restarted, so I'm not sure why it would be doing that (I even tried starting up in diagnostic mode, but the install wizard is apparently unavailable when you do that). In addition to that, since the uninstall Windows has been requesting reactivation. Every time the computer starts up I get a message saying that the computer's hardware has been changed drastically since installation and that because of it Windows has to be reactivated within three days. Not that reactivation is a huge deal, but there has been no hardware change since my last reformat, which was about a month ago when I upgraded to XP x64. I reformat at least a few times a year, and I know after so many times you have to start calling in the activations... I guess I just want to delay having to do it that way. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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