Uninstall Norton Anti Virus
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Morne van der Merwe
Good day list,
I have an Acer laptop with Windows 10 and the latest version of NVDA.
Norton Anti Virus is pre-installed on this Acer laptop. I would like to use Windows Defender instead.
I tried to uninstalled Norton with no success. I followed the steps whitch you would follow to uninstall a program. NVDA doesn’t give me any feedback after I hit enter to uninstall Norton. I tried Golden Cursor to read the screen also with no success.
Is there a way to uninstall Norton while NVDA is giving feedback?
Any help would be appreciated.
Kind regards Morné
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Have you ever tried using object navigation?
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I always do it every time I have something like you're describing. Em 11/01/2019 15:18, Morne van der
Merwe escreveu:
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One can never swear that anything will necessarily work with the screen reader, but it's worth going to the Norton Remove and Reinstall Tool page, downloading it, and trying it as your removal method.
-- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 12:22 PM, marcio wrote:
Have you ever tried using object navigation?An excellent suggestion as well. This is a technique that will continue gaining prominence in the Windows 10 era. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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Rui Fontes
And why not using the OCR feature?
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Rui Às 17:24 de 11/01/2019, Brian Vogel escreveu:
One can never swear that anything will necessarily work with the screen reader, but it's worth going to the Norton Remove and Reinstall Tool <https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v60392881_EndUserProfile_en_us> page, downloading it, and trying it as your removal method.
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Brian's Mail list account
In cases of software as invasive as Norton, and of course as inaccessible, I tend to always fall back to a sighted human being!
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From: "Morne van der Merwe" <mornevdmerwe@...> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 5:18 PM Subject: [nvda] Uninstall Norton Anti Virus Good day list, I have an Acer laptop with Windows 10 and the latest version of NVDA. Norton Anti Virus is pre-installed on this Acer laptop. I would like to use Windows Defender instead. I tried to uninstalled Norton with no success. I followed the steps whitch you would follow to uninstall a program. NVDA doesn't give me any feedback after I hit enter to uninstall Norton. I tried Golden Cursor to read the screen also with no success. Is there a way to uninstall Norton while NVDA is giving feedback? Any help would be appreciated. Kind regards Morné
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Brian's Mail list account
Please though set a restore point beforehand.
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I'm almost certain using the avast removal tool is why I now have no dialogues that will work in Dropbox, but I never noticed at the time and now its too late. Its just as well it was not something more serious! Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.
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From: "Brian Vogel" <britechguy@...> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Uninstall Norton Anti Virus One can never swear that anything will necessarily work with the screen reader, but it's worth going to the Norton Remove and Reinstall Tool ( https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v60392881_EndUserProfile_en_us ) page, downloading it, and trying it as your removal method. -- Brian *-* Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 *A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.* ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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Morne van der Merwe
Yes, I did try object navigation without success.
Regards Morné
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 12:22 PM, marcio wrote:
An excellent suggestion as well. This is a technique that will continue gaining prominence in the Windows 10 era. Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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Did you try using the Norton Remove and Reinstall Tool? These are often far less "complicated" and, as a result, more accessible since they are very purpose driven. You're generally asked which you're trying to do and that's that. I don't have Norton and haven't used this, but I've used plenty of software in this class.
-- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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Gene
But how many such removal tools require safe mode
and how many require a captcha solution? I'm not saying it shouldn't be used. I'm saying that it may
require sighted help.
Gene
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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Uninstall Norton Anti Virus -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:18 AM, Gene wrote:
But how many such removal tools require safe mode and how many require a captcha solution?None that I am aware of require either. They're just tools that exist for use in case "the usual uninstall method" somehow does not complete successfully. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. ~ Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back
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David Goldfield
While I haven't ran this tool in years I believe the Kaspersky removal tool did require a captcha. I honestly don't remember why I needed to uninstall it but I think it was when I was upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist
WWW.David-Goldfield.Com
On 1/12/2019 11:42 AM, Brian Vogel wrote:
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:18 AM, Gene wrote:
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David Goldfield
It's pretty sad when I have to go back and review one of my earlier blog posts to verify whether my memory of the captcha in the Kaspersky removal tool was correct. As of a few years ago the Kaspersky removal tool did present a captcha before it would allow me to remove Kaspersky Antivirus. Now that I reviewed my own post I now remember that I did this not due to a Windows upgrade but in order to solve a problem regarding installing a more recent version of Kaspersky Antivirus using a screen reader.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist
WWW.David-Goldfield.Com
On 1/12/2019 11:42 AM, Brian Vogel wrote:
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:18 AM, Gene wrote:
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Kevin Cussick
and I can remember using this tool and not accessible with any screen reader. app remover I think got rid of it.
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On 12/01/2019 16:52, David Goldfield wrote:
While I haven't ran this tool in years I believe the Kaspersky removal tool did require a captcha. I honestly don't remember why I needed to uninstall it but I think it was when I was upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
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