copy the sylink.xml from the CD you have downloaded and install it on managed machine.

cheers
Pete

here is the link for the same
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008021910355348

Locate the Sylink.xml file that is located on CD 1 in the SEP folder.
Copy the Sylink.xml file to a location that is accessible to clients on the network.
On the client, navigate to CD2\TOOLS\NOSUPPORT\SYLINKDROP.
Note: CD2 may also be labelled CD3
Run SylinkDrop.exe on each Symantec Endpoint Protection client that needs to be converted to an unmanaged client.

Try this steps

To convert the Symantec Endpoint Protection clients to unmanaged after they have been installed as managed:
- Locate the SyLink.xml file that is located on CD 1 in the SEP folder.
- Copy the SyLink.xml file to a location that is accessible to clients on the network
- Start > Run > smc -stop
- Locate the folder where Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed. By degault it is C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Rename SyLink.xml
- Rename SyLinkEx.bak
- Copy and replace the Sylink.xml file that you got from CD1 in the SEP folder
- Start > Run > smc -start

Please mark a solution to this thread if any thing works:)

If its on one client
better uninstall and reinstall the client
you save lot of time ,in following different steps and different solutions

i have 5 pC in single network and all are windows xp (shared) everybody acsess all PC i want to give restriction to 2 user to sharing how can i asing the password to network .
or i want to give select share drive to other users so what ios the procdure to do this

This should help you out

http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/support/computing-serv...

http://www.jakeludington.com/windows_xp/20060113_s...

Rafeeq

Thanks all. But settings and liveupdate setting have been changed, how can we restore default  these setting?

Chong,

Have you only changed the Sylink.XML file? An unmanaged client can only download content from the Symantec Internet Servers as for the "other" settings, what do you mean by that?

Dries

To convert the Symantec Endpoint Protection clients to unmanaged after they have been installed as managed

1. Locate the Sylink.xml file that is located on CD 1 in the SEP folder.
2. Copy the Sylink.xml file to a location that is accessible to clients on the network.
3. On the client, navigate to CD2\TOOLS\NOSUPPORT\SYLINKDROP.
4. Run SylinkDrop.exe on each Symantec Endpoint Protection client that needs to be converted to an unmanaged client.

 Simply.

1. Stop smc service: [Start] -> [Run] -> smc -stop
2. Go to %programfiles%/symantec/Symantec Endpoint Protection and delete Sylink.xml.
3. Copy Sylink.xml from folder SEP on CD1.
4. Start smc service: [Start] -> [Run] -> smc -start