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I’m just in the process of installing Microsoft Windows Live OneCare<\/a> on my Mum’s laptop but first of all I needed to remove Symantec AntiVirus 8 Corporate Edition. I had some trouble though as it needed a password for removal and the password I use for managing the anti-virus infrastructure here wasn’t working. I even reinstalled the software to reattach the client to my Symantec AntiVirus Server installation but it still didn’t work.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I’m not the first to have experienced this issue<\/a>. Thanks to BarryVG for posting the password on TechRepublic and for anyone else who needs it, try symantec<\/code> – it worked for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m just in the process of installing Microsoft Windows Live OneCare on my Mum’s laptop but first of all I needed to remove Symantec AntiVirus 8 Corporate Edition. I had some trouble though as it needed a password for removal and the password I use for managing the anti-virus infrastructure here wasn’t working. 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