I found a way to register and activate Norton AV 2005 silently. I figured I would share it.

IMPORTANT: You first have to copy symlcrst.dll from a computer with Norton AV 2005 already installed and activated. It is located in the %systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccpd-lc\ directory. Just copy the file to your xpcd\$oem$\$1\install\applications\NortonAntivirus2005 directory

Put this in your start.cmd:
------------------------------

ECHO.
ECHO Registering and Activating Norton Anti-Virus 2005
ECHO Please wait...
COPY "%systemdrive%\appz\NortonAntiVirus2005\symlcrst.dll" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccpd-lc\symlcrst.dll"
REGEDIT /S %SYSTEMDRIVE%\appz\NortonAntiVirus2005\NAVSETUP.reg

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Norton Anti-Virus 2005
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %SYSTEMDRIVE%\appz\NortonAntiVirus2005\NAVSETUP.exe "/qn /noreboot REBOOT=ReallySuppress"


Your NAVSETUP.reg file should look like this:
---------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000082\0000000f\0000001b]
"Key"="PUT KEY HERE WITH NO DASHES"


Hope this helps some of you out. It took me a while to figure out.

I was working on the same thing this morning for Norton Internet Security. The procedure should be similar for NAV 2005. Here's what worked for me:

First, I deleted my current installation of NIS 2005. After the deletion process is done, the following folders are left in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ (or wherever you've installed the program files):

CCPD-LC (contains symlcrst.dll)
VirusDefs (contains the latest virus defs downloaded and installed)

I then made a WinRar SFX archive (called NIS.exe) to extract these files back to their original positions. The advantage of including the VirusDefs is that when you run LiveUpdate, the virus definitions are current. Total size of the archive is about 4 mb, as long as you've cleaned out all but the most current virus defs - but don't delete the BinHub, Incoming, and TextHub folders or the two .dat files as they are important for later updating. Here's the comment from my archive:



Next, I created a registry file called NIS.reg, with the following text:


You probably don't need all this, but it's what is left after the original installation is deleted and the cleanup is complete. After all, by bypassing the activation, we're trying to fool the installer to think it's performing a reinstallation to the same machine which originally had the program, which, technically, you are doing if you reformat your drive and reinstall Windows and the programs.

I had previously created a WinRAR SFX archive of NIS 2005 (called simply enough NIS2005.exe), which extrated the files to %systemdrive%\SFXTemp\NIS2005\. Here's the text of the comment for that archive:



I put NIS.reg, NIS.exe, and NIS2005.exe all into a file called "NIS" in my install folder.

Now, here's my code for RunOnceEx.cmd:



(I install all my programs from a second partition on my hard drive which is not reformatted during Windows installation. If you use a CD, substitute "%cdrom%" for "D:\". )

First, the registry entry is run. Then, the NIS.exe file runs, which extracts the files to Symantec Shared, including the symlcrst.dll file to CCPD-LC. Next, NIS 2005 installation begins.

By putting the symlcrst.dll file in its expected location BEFORE running the installation program, the installation program automatically activates the program during the installation. I'd run into problems before trying to copy symlcrst.dll to CCPD-LC after installation was run, also. This setup works flawlessly for me.

this "fix" of activaction works in all machines.

whats ineed to now is if a single activaction works in all systems ?

thanks

I don't know if it does, and I'm not going to find out. If you only have one license, you can only install it on one machine. Anything above and beyond that is piracy.

It's not piracy if you uninstall it from the first machine and install it on another

but works or not?

@jbright

Thanks for sharing this solution. This is the one most of us have been waiting for. It seems too simple to be true bearing in mind all the mullarky with 2004. I'm gonna test it a.s.a.p. Fair play to you, well done - and ignore the trolls.

Thankyou!!
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@jbright

Tried your system today and it did not work. The reason is: when you install NAV the installer writes a fresh version of the .dll in the CCPD-LC directory. Then when the batch file tries to MKDIR it rears up and says "Folder already in use by another process" - which is obviously NAV. And it wouldn't work the other way round either because if you made the dir first and copied the .dll into it, the NAV installer would simply overwrite it!
P.S. Your batch file syntax is incorrect anyway,you've missed the "start /wait" bit out from your 5th line.
Close but no cigar, thought it sounded too good to be true.

I can confirm that the install program (for NIS, at least) does NOT overwrite the symlcrst.dll file. At first, I thought it would, but I tried it just to see if it would work.

In fact, the program does a manual activation based on the presence of the symlcrst.dll file - here's the text of my ez_log.html file from the CCPD-LC folder:



I started the unattended installation around 11:57 or so, I didn't track the exact time. The computer was not connected to the Internet at the time, so it couldn't do an online activation.

My method has worked twice for me, both installing on a Windows installation with a previous installtion deleted and then reinstalled, and also on a fresh Windows installation. Interestingly enough, when reinstalled on a system with a previous install deleted, the 366 days started at the time the program was originally installed on the system, but on a clean Windows install the 366 days starts the day the program installs.

I had tried before the copy the CCPD-LC file after installation, but the copy always failed. In fact, with a current installation of NIS on the computer, the only way I was able to copy symlcrst.dll was to go into safe mode. And copying the symlcrst.dll file from an activated installation to an unactivated installation did not work.

Follow mine, it works, I guarantee it. If it doesn't, I'll pay back every cent you paid me for the information.

I have edited my original post and it now should work fine.

@jrf2027

How can you call the solution "mine" just because you changed the order of the operations?

@jbright:

I was working on it apparently at the exact same time you were. You beat me to the post, obviously, because while you were posting the first post in the thread (at 11:58 a.m. on 11/13/04) my install was running (as evidenced by the time stamp in my last post re: my ez-log.html file and the fact that currently my local time, Central Standard Time, is the same as MSFN posting time). After I confirmed my install method would work on a clean install of Windows (which was accomplished between 12:15 p.m. and 1:05 p.m. 11/13/04), I posted my instructions as an alternative/clarification to yours at 1:20 p.m. As my computer was not connected to the Web during my install attempts (I use a second hard drive to test my installs) I didn't even know about your install attempts until after I had confirmed my attempts worked.

After I read about your method, I did not test yours to see if yours would work or not, I just knew from my previous attempts a couple of days earlier that a similar attempt I had made, that is, installing symlcrst.dll to the CCPD-LC file after installation of Norton Internet Security, did not work for me. And I knew that what I had done earlier that day - installing the CCPD-LC folder with symlcrst.dll inside prior to installing Norton Internet Security - did work for me.

I don't need credit for it, and I'm not trying to steal credit from you. I was distinguishing the method in "my" posts from the method in "your" posts, which obviously other people were trying and not having success. Heck, there were other posts I had read prior to my attempts that led me to which files to use, so I highly doubt that either of us are the first human beings on Earth to accomplish this.

Isn't the important thing here - the reason you posted your findings, the reason I posted my findings, the reason those before us posted their findings - that we've made installs of these programs a heck of a lot easier for many others?

@jrf2027
@jbright
et al

Done some more testing and can confirm what was said earlier that the NAV2005 installer does NOT overwrite the placed already activated one. (I mistakenly thought it would). I can also confirm that the method works on multiple machines tested = OK.

THE METHOD = Install NAV 2005. Register it and activate it. Then uninstall the product and retrieve "symlcryst.dll" which is left after the uninstall in dir X:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC. Copy this .dll into your Install\Applications\NAV2005 dir along with all the NAV setup files straight off your CD (or wherever) and slim down using same deletions as for NAV2004 if you're pushed for space.

Use this syntax in your batch_file.cmd =

ECHO.
ECHO Registering and Activating Norton Anti-Virus 2005
ECHO Please wait...
MKDIR "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccpd-lc"
COPY "%systemdrive%\install\applications\Nav2005\symlcrst.dll" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccpd-lc\"
REGEDIT /S %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\applications\Nav2005\NAVSETUP.reg

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Norton Anti-Virus 2005
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\applications\Nav2005\NAVSETUP.exe "/qn /noreboot REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

and put a file called Navsetup.reg which contains the following in your NAV2005 dir

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000082\0000000f\0000001b]
"Key"="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

Hope this helps someone. Just working on pre-updating the virus defs now, but there's loads of threads on how to do that. One of them should work.

Does this work for Norton System Works 2005?

I tried it with NSW 2005 and it only works on the machine that I used to install and uninstall NSW. It does not work on another PC.

@AL

 This method was copied and/or ripped from a previous post concerning NAV 2004 in which i have rectified the order of commands in order to copy the activation file before the installer
Please tazke a look @ this post :
this post !!!

THE ACTIVATION PROCESS WORKS ONLY FOR ONE MACHINE.
This method is the same for all symantec products requiering an activation.

@Alias_2004

Sorry to tell you, this is not the case for NAV2005. I have tested NAV2005 on 3 separate machines at home here and I can most definitely confirm that the same symlcrst.dll file was used for all these 3 machines and all 3 worked fine. No problem. The only probs I had was when using jbright's original syntax as there were errors in it and bits missing etc. And it didnt work in the order he had it either.
The syntax I posted above WORKS PERFECTLY and works in multiple machines - no problem. Why contradict my results when you have not seen them? The NAV2005 symlcrst.dll IS NOT machine specific. NAV2004 maybe, I havent tried it.
Cannot say the same will work for NSW or NIS as I dont have these products. But I can categorically state that NAV2005 is most definitely NOT machine specific. Doesnt matter how big you capitalise "the activation process only works in one machine" or even what colour you choose - I have tested in 3 machines and got 3 machines working ok. Get over it.

I have installed in 4 different machines and all worked perfectly...Thanks

PS. Based on DLF post and I uninstalled on all 4 machines after finished because I just wanted to test.

RunOnceEx

cmdow @ /HID
@Echo Off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing System Appz" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "Registering NAV 2005" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %SystemDrive%\Install\NAV\NAV.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Activate NAV 2005" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\NAV\NAV.exe" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Installing NAV 2005" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\NAV\NAVSETUP.EXE /O REBOOT=ReallySuppress /QB" /f

EXIT

Will this work if you just copy the contents of the CD over to your Install folder like every other program I used? BTW: symlcrst.dll is RARed with the SFX comments in the NAV.exe in the reg file.

And the Reg file? I assume I put MY key where the X's are right? And are the dashes suppose to be there? One person says no, the other has it in their post.
I took out the virus definition stuff cause I perfer to get the newest right afterwards and don't wanna be tempted to update them all the time.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000083]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000083\00000028]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000083\00000028\000000d8]
"Key"="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedUsage]

@www2000:

Pardon my free association answers to your post.



First thing I see is, you are using the registry entries for Norton Internet Security 2005. If you are installing Norton AntiVirus, the registry entry is different. Look at jbright's and DLF's posts for the registry entry for NAV. Also, the only thing you would really NEED is the line with your key. I recommend cutting the rest out, so that the only line is as follows:



Yes, the XXX's are where you put your registry key. In my registry entry, I have the dashes included in the key, and it works. You may not need them, but it works if they are there. (Any reason you don't want to include them? You don't save that much space by not using them. )



Should work, as long as you've copied the contents of your NAV CD (minus the things which can be deleted, see other posts for that info) to %systemdrive%\Install\NAV\.



Yeah, the virus def stuff is optional, it is nice to already have them installed but it's not necessary, and it can be a pain to continually update your SFX with the newest defs.

Here's a suggestion I have for your RunOnceEx file:




The time spent running regedit and the SFX with your symlcrst.dll file is so small, I recommend just saving the screen space. But that's your personal choice, whatever you like is the best thing for you.

Good luck!

I LIKE it!

I just did my Sound Blaster Audigy crap like that too after I kinda got the jypst of it from someone elses RunOnceEx file thing they posted.

And you verified that it's not only otay to do, but a great ideal too!

Sweeeet! This is one major learning process I tell ya!
I had to give up on my Adobe Acrobat Professional 6 being behind the scenes.

the /qn switch wasn't working. However /qr seems to be working fine. Which told me to shut down Netscape, so I tried it all over again and no matter what I can only get it working with /qr...

REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Professional 6" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Photoshop\Acrobat6\AcroPro.msi /qr" /f

Reader installed fine. This one a big poo poo...
No biggie though, cause it IS unattended DVD... I shouldn't see all this stuff anyway.

Wisc

Nice work, will try asap!

Hmmmm. I wonder if the value at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000083\00000028\000000d8 is dependent on the key? I see different values in jrf2027 and DLF's posts, and I have yet another value...

@ToBe:

The values in my posts, at least all but the last one, are for Norton Internet Security 2005. (I borrowed the values from DLF's earlier post for NAV in my last post.) I assume that NAV will have a certain value, NAV Pro will have a certain value, NIS will have a certain value, NIS Pro will have a certain value, etc. That's why it's probably best to first install the software and look at the registry to see what the actual registry values are for your program.

The "best" way to get the correct registry: Install and activate the software, open Regedit, go to "Find...", and type in your product key. When the registry entry with the product key is found, export it as "navreg.reg" or whatever, and use that for installation.

83 doesn't show up in NAV alone.
82 does but not 83... At least it doesn't in my 2004
and my moms 2005...

NAV Reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000082]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000082\0000000f]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000082\0000000f\0000001b]
"Key"="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\SymLCSvc]
"Install Count"=hex:01,00,00,00

I was wondering 2 things. Is it nessary to make the hirachey as it appears when you export? Or can I just take the last 82 line?

Is the install count important?

****... will this really work. will test it out on vm now

@Astalavista

"My" method definitely works for NAV2005 and is NOT machine specific. Now tested on multiple machines. You might be using the runonce method though, whereas I only run the batch_file cmd method. So I cannot comment on the runonce posts and I cannot comment on the NIS, NSW posts as I dont have these products, just NAV2005.
"My" syntax must be used exactly as it appears by copy & paste as any alteration of the order of events or syntax (except the s/n of course) will not work.[B]

dlf,

unfortunately i dont hv NAV 2005, I only have NIS2005

@Astalavista:

For NIS 2005, follow "my" earlier posts.

For all:

From what I can tell, be it NAV or NIS, the important steps, and the order in which they must be done, is as follows:

1. Get the symlcrst.dll file from a currently activated copy of the program you're looking to use. Ideally, this would be from the same computer on which you plan to reinstall the program. You cannot just copy this file, because as long as NAV/NIS is installed on the computer, the symlcrst.dll file is protected from copying or deletion. Copying the file can be done in two ways:

a. Install the program, activate it, then uninstall it. The file symlcrst.dll is found at %systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcrst.dll and will be the only file left in the folder after uninstallation of the program.

b. Install the program and activate it. Then log into your computer in safe mode and copy symlcrst.dll from the above path.

2. Make a registry entry to automatically enter your NAV/NIS product key. The only thing you need in the registry entry is the actual entry with the product key. This is best found by installing and activating the program, then entering regedit and doing a search for your product key. Once the product key is found, export that registry key and name it navreg.reg, nisreg.reg, or whatever-else-you-want.reg.

3. When installing on a clean system, install the following things in the following order:

FIRST, regedit registry key you just created (with your product key in it) into the registry.

SECOND, install symlcrst.dll to %systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcrst.dll. This can be accomplished in several ways - you can create a SFX to do it automatically, you can xcopy the file there, you could put it in your $OEM$ file, whatever...symlcrst.dll just needs to be in this exact location before the last step.

THIRD, install the program. The install routine must look to see if symlcrst.dll is preloaded, and if it is and it matches the version which it was expecting to find, it manually activates the installation of NAV/NIS, with the 366 days of complimentary updates commencing on the date the program is first run.

This should work for NAV and NIS (don't know about the Pro versions yet). It can be run from both RunOnceEx and start.cmd.

The order is the most important. Remember,

1. Regedit the registry key containing your product key into the registry.
2. Copy symlcrst.dll to the above location.
3. Run the install for the program.

Heck, you can probably even copy symlcrst.dll before running regedit, just as long as both are done before installation of the program starts.

bah.. I tried this on an already installed machine, adding the symlcrst.dll and the reg entries manually, and then started a silent install of NIS 2005 through start/run. Restarted the computer and it worked perfectly!

However, when I transfer the exact same procedure to install through RunOnceEX it doesn't work
The last line in ez_log.html indicates that the 'service failed to start'.

It copies the symlcrst.dll, and enters the reg settings before starting the unattended install...

Any ideas?

pls keep me update if u can get nis2005 silently installed and activated.

good luck

@ToBe

Might be as simple as restarting PC before touching Norton. I have added a psshutdown restart cmd to the end of my batch_file to restart PC very last thing. Then on first "proper" Windows run (well its the 2nd run, really) the Norton behaves itself. My NAV used to say "the pc must be restarted before using this product" or something to that effect so I have now added the restart to my batch. You could adapt this for your "runonce" thingy but as I dont use it you will have to work the syntax out for yourself.

ECHO.
ECHO Restarting the PC automatically in 15 secs...
psshutdown.exe -r -f -t 15

Thank you for answering.

I'm thinking it has something to do with that I autologon with the admin account during install, RunOnceEx executes, then I'm reseting the welcome-screen, oobe, to be able to choose/create another username when the computer has restarted.

I don't think it works when another username logs on before Norton's configuration wizard is run...

Testing is in progress......

Yes, the configuration wizard wont run until you've restarted - but once it has run everything is ok. Hence my restart to force it to run.

Nope that didn't work either.

RunOnceEx adds the regentry and copy the file symlcrst.dll prior to installing NIS2005, reboots with shutdown.exe, logs on with the same username after reboot. Still no go.

It is installed, but it take ages for the configuration wizard to appear, and then it hangs.

Doing it manually, adding to the reg, copy the file, and start silent install from start/run work......... Strange.......

I've triple checked my syntax, and there is nothing wrong with it.
I wonder if the shell has to be loaded? When does your batch file execute?

I had NIS2004 working before unattended, but thisone puzzles me.....

@ToBe:

This works for me in RunOnceEx:



How are you adding the registry entry - are you running regedit in RunOnceEx, or are you directly entering the registry entry in RunOnceEx? In the above code, NIS.reg is a file directly exported from the registry which contains my product key. I know it's a little backward, but try entering your product key through regedit to see if that works for you.

To all those who have successfully installed Norton Antivirus 2005 on multiple machines with a single activation, how did you originally activate it? I tried the same procedure as outlined by DLF, but my copy was phone activated, and when I restart the computer, the Norton setup wizard opens, and asks me to activate the product..

Interestingly enough, when I re-install it on the same machine it was activated on, it works perfectly (and this is a clean install, I was using VMWare to test the installations).

I really can't see what I could be doing wrong.. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know! Thanks

I have created an unattended setup of NIS2005 using the infos in this topic. After restarting, I ran the automated install procedure and it installed successfully, works perfectly.
I then took my second HDD and installed a fresh Windows XP Pro on it. Tried the unattended setup and installed OK, I restarted and everything worked just fine. HOWEVER, when I ran LiveUpdate, during update, a window popped out asking me to activate the product, then NIS2005 disabled itself and wouldn't run anymore. Here's my files as follows:

NIS.reg:


setup.bat:


I really can't tell what went wrong...

Later Edit: I am so dumb!
I really did something sooo stupid. I have just forgot to put the serial number in the NIS.reg so there were just a lot of X'es there

Sorry about posting with no reason, as you can see...

Ok, all I want for now is to include all the updates to my unattended installation. I just hate downloading updates everytime I install, since I'm on a dial up! But I see a lot of folders inside my %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs.. Which of those are important? I read the first page of this thread, and it was mentioned that the BinHub, incoming, TextHub, and the *.dat files inside the VirustDefs folder are important. But unfortunately, my BinHub folder (as of this time) is just 10.8mb, my incoming folder is emply, and my TextHub folder is just 32bytes. Is that all I have to include?

Second, I don't want to create and sfx for this. What I wan't to do is copy the contents of my %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs to my $OEM$\$1\Install\NIS2005\VIRUSDEF.. Is that possible?

Thanks.

Hi,

I 'm using Symantec Antivirus Corporate and i purchased Norton Internet Security (NIS) 2005.

NIS 2005 force me to use the Norton Anti-Virus that came with it. But i prefer using Symantec Antivirus Corporate. I know there is a conflict between the Antivirus Corporate and the Antivirus included in NIS 2005 when they are both installed.

Is there any how to install only the Firewall and the AntiSpam that came with the NIS 2005???

Thanks for yr help.
coucou

Yes, its possible. You can just delete the old definitions and replace it with the new.
It has been discussed many times before. (links below)
1
2
3

I'm sorry prathapml. Thanks for the links. But that is just the virus defs. So how about the firewall, antispam, and other updates? Are those inside the %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs folder too?

If all those make use of other files, those can be replaced with newer versions too.
I've described in those posts linked - to replace the liveupdate,livereg,and such components of NAV. I'm sure NIS is also modular enough to make the "replace with new files" possible.

I've got my install of norton antivirus 2005 pro completely unattended.
It's also activated.

But is there a posibility to run the informationwizart unattended to?

You can try VBscripts (with sendkeys) or Auto-IT scripts.... but it will be too much of a bother.
If anyone else has any other solution - I'm wanting to know it too.

I was working on the Information Wizard and I have the idea that i found a workaround for the problem... I'm not sure yet. I tested in VMWare. And it worked when I removed Norton and installed it again.

I'm now testing again. Complete format and install my windows unattended with norton antivirus 2005 + activation + workaround?...

My computer is busy. and i'm going to sleep. it's 1:30 and i'll have to got to skool tomorow. I'm at home arround 17:00 So arround that time i'll let you all know if it worked or not. And ofcourse... if it worked, i'll tell you how to do it

Greetz
GK

That's great news.
*waiting eagerly*

I just reformated and installed everything.

i had to dl about 20 MB of updates for NIS and Norton Antivirus.

I would really like to know how i can intergrate those updates. for NIS 2005

I'm sorry... To bad, it did work when i uninstalled and reinstalled Norton. But when i install a brand new windows with Norton unattended. It doesn't work anymore.

The wizard is completed (unattended) but norton isn't activated anymore. The date is set to 1899 instead of 2005. The way i did this is:
Install norton.
Run the wizard (manuly).
Then i copyed CfgWiz.dat from %programfiles%\norton antivirus\ to my nav2k5 setup directory.
And in run.cmd i add the line: XCOPY /Y "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\applications\Nav2005\CfgWiz.dat" "%ProgramFiles%\Norton AntiVirus\"

I'm sorry it doesn't work. I'll try find a "real" solution tonight.

Oh?
Okay, I'll try a bit of thought on this (I'll see how dare Norton not listen, lol). In the meantime, if you do find the solution, do keep us posted.

@Astalavista:

Did you get NIS2005 to install and activate silently? 'Cause I still can't get this to work...