Norton 360, Post Uninstall Internet Problems?

I was always a big fan of Eset NOD32 and Kaspersky Antivirus systems. However, ever since NOD32 released their 3.x version, I've not seen any good cracks on the Internet for the same. So, here I was... with a rather vulnerable Windows Vista Ultimate OS and no antivirus! I some how managed to get hands on Norton Antivirus/ Norton 360.

As some days passed, some genius people managed to find a working crack for my favourite antivirus systems and I happily uninstalled Norton 360. I tried evaluating both the antivirus softwares... i.e. Eset NOD32 3.x and Kaspersky. Post installation, I faced the same problem for both the systems. My Internet refused to work! I mean, my Internet was working, my browsers refused to work or for that matter, any connections from any ports. I wondered what was causing this problem, and eventually realised that McAfee and Norton, have certain annoying uninstallation tools, to completely uninstall their respective products. I remember of having faced this problem with McAfee, and Norton was no exception to this silly thing either!

So if any of you people, who have faced such a weird problem, your answer to all your misery's is... ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe and this is only for Norton products. Google a similar removal tool for McAfee if you witness such weird problems!

Norton Keygen... how to use it?

How to use the keygen:

1. Unrar, Burn or mount with Daemon Tools.
2. DISCONNECT FROM THE INTERNET! THIS IS IMPORTANT!
3. Run the installer, and run the EDGE keygen located in the Keygen dir.
4. Copy the Product Key from the keygen to the Norton Setup then press the I Agree button.
5. Complete installation and finally you will get to the activation, it's important that you are NOT connected to the Internet! Press the Next button.
6. A message box will come up telling you that you need Internet connectivity to continue, just press the OK Button, and then press the Next button.
7. You will get to a part where it's trying to connect to the Internet for online activation, after a while it will fail, this is fine, repeat this step again.
8. After attempting to do online activation two times, it will fail and open a browser window. Before you close the browser window, copy the URL that appears in the address bar. (In my case, the Activation actually failed, so you have to copy the URL instantly...) Paste this URL in the keygen now and press that Generate button!
9. Bingo, you now have an Activation key generated in the box! (It is typically in an XML format i.e. and so on...
10. Now copy the Request Code into the Request Code field in the keygen, no dashes or spaces just one long string. Select how many years you want to license the software for, and press the Generate button to get your Unlock Code.
11. Copy the generated Unlock Code to the Norton activation screen, then press the Next button.
12. Enjoy a fully unlocked copy, and naturally DO NOT register this software with Norton, you can now reconnect to the Internet.
13. Contact me if you still are not able to get through!

Windows XP SP3 & HD Audio Issue (Intel DG965RY)

I just downloaded a copy of Windows XP SP3 integrated and started a fresh installation on my machine. Everything went fine... The installation process did not have much changes, and the only change I could realize was that during installation, the copy did not ask me for a CD key and the Setting up of Network screen was a little different that the previous versions of Windows XP. So my Windows XP SP3 was set and I started installing the Drivers of my motherboard, Intel DG965RY.

To my surprise, the Driver installer could not install Intel Audio Drivers! I then noticed, that the Device Manager was displaying a PCI Device under the 'Unknown Devices' heading. I was a little surprised to learn that Windows XP was not detecting my HD audio!

The only way to really fix this issue is... You download the latest drivers from Intel Website for your specific motherboard. In my case, it was Intel DG965RY. Once extracted, navigate to \HDAQFE\xpsp2\us\ folder or the \MSHDQFE\Win2K_XP\us\ folder. (The name of this folder depends on your desktop board model.). Extract the file KB file there and now, just go to the Device Manager and click update driver, specifying the location/ path where you just extracted the KB file.

You should now be able to install your HD Drivers! I don't understand in the first place, as to why this problem occurred... It probably means that Microsoft forgot to put in the HD Drivers in the Windows XP SP3 integrated CD?