pc_rose:
The computer would just hang on "Saving your Settings"
I know just what you’re talking about; don’t you just hate it when that happens?! There is a simple remedy though, but first some housekeeping chores …
FreewheelinFrank:
Norton sometimes leaves behind components...
“Sometimes” is being very diplomatic and kind. I can see that your moniker “Freewheelin” can’t be wholly true (in the negative sense anyway), because in my long experience it is ALWAYS! Repeat, ALWAYS!! It’s one of my biggest disappointments with Norton Antivirus (NAV)/Internet Security (NIS). I had been a longtime fan up until the past several years. But alas, I simply got tired of every time I had to fix a glitch involving one of these two packages, and after accomplishing every initial steps quick-fix remedy suggested per their knowledge-base, it would NEVER suffice and inevitably having to employ the last resort … the dreaded UN-install and RE-install! Their stuff has slowly and progressively reached a point of complexity and bloat beyond what their program development staff can handle. This is readily apparent, and I can safely say this because otherwise it would be more steadily reliable (not that it doesn’t perform adequately … when it’s functioning!). Therefore, I now neither use, nor recommend NAV/NIS. I do though have no gripe with Norton SystemWorks (NSW) – less the Antivirus – there are a few decent tools in there that are worthy.
Now that I’m off that soapbox (and believe me, it’s not the first time!), FreewheelinFrank and DavidR’s posts are on target. If you discover the appropriate Symantec program/batch removal tool (e.g., Rnav2003.exe, etc.) doesn’t completely swab your deck of unwanted remnants, you’ll have to take the <gulp!> MANUAL route. Find on the Symantec website the appropriate “How to MANUALLY remove …” checklist, then THOROUGHLY accomplish it.
The “S32EVNT1.DLL” is the “Symantec Event Library”, and I’m fairly certain a necessary component of LiveUpdate.
Do you currently have ANY other DESIRED Symantec products installed on your system [e.g., NIS, NSW, Norton Utilities, etc.]? If so, you still need that booger. If not, be sure to also uninstall (if applicable) LiveReg and LiveUpdate as they are now unwanted chaff. However, I suspect this portion of my advice is not applicable since you stated:
I also did a complete search of my hard drive only to find a copy of the S32evnt1.dll in my C:\I386 folder. Presumably, it is unlikely to be of any harm in there.
If you still had LiveReg/LiveUpdate installed, you would find it in your %SYSTEMROOT% (i.e., C:\WINDOWS\system32.…) and/or %PROGRAMFILES% Symantec installation folder (i.e., C:\Program Files\Symantec.…).
In fact, you’re right. It is going to do NO harm there and you may opt to manually delete it if you choose. However, that is an odd place for it to be, but there are any number of (non-suspect) means by which it was placed there … but be-that-as-it-may.
Having said all that, does it hang indefinitely or only for a few/several minutes? I suspect you may have encountered the “Saving your Settings” hang at Windows user logoff before. It’s just this time it is involving your recent Avast install and Symantec uninstall. Regardless, it is by no means an uncommon problem. It is typically caused by certain application(s) not letting go of the user’s portion of the registry. In this case, you will see entries in your Windows (Application) Event Log [Start > Run… > eventvwr.msc] with the Source of Userenv and Event ID of 1517 and/or 1524.
Fortunately, there’s an easy-peasy fix. It’s a handy little Windows service tool called “User Profile Hive Cleanup Service” that will monitor for all such events and safely release the registry logjam. It’s a tool EVERY (repeat EVERY) NT class (2000/XP/2003) system should have installed. It’s published by Microsoft no less and can be reviewed here…
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&DisplayLang=en
and downloaded here…
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8/7/a87b3d05-cd04-4743-a23b-b16645e075ac/UPHClean-Setup.msi
HTH … Craig
Parting Shot: I’ve just installed Avast myself and been running it through its paces. So far, I have to say … I am sincerely floored! Only been using for a day or two, but it is without a doubt one of the most impressive pieces of freeware I’ve seen in a looong time. Capable and extremely comprehensive; a beautiful user interface; easy and uneventful install routine; very light footprint on system resources (hell, non-existent compared to Norton); and an active user forum. Barring any unforeseen & undesirable gotcha’s, I’d have to say it’s a definite keeper, and maybe worthy of a best-in-class distinction … its day-to-day performance over the near term will tell soon enough. I now wish I’d taken it for a test spin before now (as I’ve been saying I’ll get around to for a long time).
You Avast folks keep up the great work!