You additionally may be prompted to restart the device to complete changes. The installation should be now be successful. If so, enter credentials to make changes. You may be prompted to enter credentials if User Account Control is configured. Another prompt may appear, in which case Uninstall can be selected again. Using the search bar, search for Symantec Endpoint Protection: You should now be redirected to the ' Apps & features' settings in System Preferences. Search for the phrase ' Add or remove programs' and select the System Settings option with a gear icon: Use the Windows key or icon to open the S tart Menu. Note: If your some reason you are unable to uninstall Symantec by following the instructions in this document, you may have to remove the program manually see Manually Uninstalling Symantec Products.

To learn more about Windows Defender, and to check that it is enabled, follow the instructions here. Note: Uninstalling Symantec should automatically enable Windows Defender, Windows’ built-in protection suite. If you have questions about Symantec on your UW owned device, please contact your local IT support, otherwise feel free to open a case with the DoIT Help Desk. Regarding UW-owned devices, if you have IT support, they will likely coordinate the removal of Symantec from your device (do not remove yourself). I can submit an incident under our maintenance contract if that helps.īTW, I do not have this problem on my 32 bit Windows 7 box.Note: Please remove Symantec from any personally owned devices. I could do that if I had to, but hopefully someone at Flexera will respond with some ideas. I have not tried IS2012 Spring Beta because that is on another ghosted image of the same box. 'An error occurred while trying to uninstall. If I try to uninstall a second time I get the error: The Suite project remains in the ARP list.

Afterward, since there are still hidden files located in varying places all over your Mac, you need to move further.

If I update Symantec Endpoint Protection () the Suite uninstall fails because Symantec Endpoint Protection thinks there is a virus! First, open the Symantec client, then click 'Symantec Endpoint Protection' located in the menu, and then proceed to Uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection. It uninstalls just fine if I do not have Symantec Endpoint Protection installed or if I have it installed with: I have a problem uninstalling a Suite on 2008 R2.

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