You say that you have followed the 'How to manually uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection client from Windows 2000, XP and 2003, 32-bit Editions"
In that case try to install SEP now, when it fails go to Run type %temp% and look for SEP_inst.log
Search for return value 3 and paste 7-8 lines before that.
Even check the event viewer to see if there are any errors..?