Script to Delete All Registry entries
Created: 09 Nov 2009 | Updated: 11 Jun 2010 | 8 comments
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Hi Team,
As I follow the removal procedure from below URL to delete all registry entries to remove SEP and reinstall.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security....
And also I share this to our collogues but now I have lots of issue reported to me is some of our engineer also suggested customer to delete those entries and cutomer starts deleting th same but after that some critical servers gets crash due to deleted some windowsregistry entries.
I want to know If anyone have script which we can run directly to delete all suggested entries.
If we get this script so no one can play with registry.
Waiting your Positive response.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards
Mansoor
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Hello,
"How to uninstall the Symantec Endpoint Protection Client using the Microsoft Installer (MSI) command line interface"
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007091209261948
This document will help you to identify the uninstallation product key for the SEP client installed on your machines and the command line you may use to uninstall SEP. You may have to create your own uninstall script to remove it globally from all the machines as this is not supported by Symantec.
Mithun Sanghavi
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Hello,
Incase if your expectations are for a Script, then to let you know that we don't provide any scripts.
However, the "Cleanwipe" utility could help you.
Mithun Sanghavi
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Hello,
why you don't try to remove SEP using Clean Wipe utility? is there any reason to not use it.
You can request Clean Wipe via opening web case at mysupport.symantec.com.
Greetings
N Dinev
Hello,
You could create a Case on the mysupport.symantec.com and provide me the Case Number.
I would help you to get the Cleanwipe.
Mithun Sanghavi
Symantec Technical Support Engineer, SEP
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Cleanwipe is fine IF and ONLY IF you wish to remove ALL things symantec and are sure it won't break anything else.
Cleanwipe is a shotgun.
Many customers, such as myself, wish ONLY to remove SEP, nothing else, no other products, etc. as perhaps we have OTHER Symantec applications like VAULT and such we do NOT want removed!
So far, nothing else exists.
So sorry, there is no tool for removing ALL of SEP and ONLY SEP.
There's only a 2 ton bomb to remove everything.
There is no surgical tool to remove only SEP.
Someone who is any good with VBS could, however, EASILY write such a script if they were so inclined. Wouldn't take them very long, IMO.
If I had the time, I'd do it myself............ All one needs to do is go through the documentation on manually removing SEP and create a script to delete each registry entry if it exists...... a bit of "if, then" and wshShell.RegWrite "" stuff.
Define each key in the script for ease of changes, like this:
strKeyPath = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\"
and then do something like this later
ws.RegWrite strKeyPath & "DefaultPassword", "", "REG_SZ" (this basically sets that value to nothing)
Come'on folks - someone step up to the plate on this and create a SEP-ONLY removal tool?
Not everyone can afford to use cleanwipe then spend hours installing or REinstalling all the other Symantec stuff it killed in the process.
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Hi Mansoor,
As you are facing the problem for uninstalling SEP and after manually deleting the entries crashed the system, this same problem was faced by us.
I think you should try using the "Windows Installer CleanUp Utility" for uninstalling the SEP client.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Just download this utility from the given link and install the same on the system from which you want to uninstall the SEP client then open the utility after uninstalling it will display you all the installed programs on the client select SEP related program and click uninstall.
Restart your system and its almost done.
Just remove all the Symantec related folder from the Program Files, Common Files, All Users\Application Data restart once again.
We have tried the same sucessfully.
Regards,
Ranjit
Hello,
Ranjit is correct.
However, this would help us ionly if we know what are your expectations and where exactly, you are stuck up.
Right know all we know is that you are looking forward for some tool which would help you with removing of Registry entries.
Mithun Sanghavi
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