ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Unistall Norton Network Antivirus Without a Password

Here’s a quick “How-to”… Symantec AntiVirus Clients, especially Corporate Edition Clients, can be installed remotely and managed via a Symantec AntiVirus Server. When a Symantec AntiVirus Client is managed, it prompts for password when you attempt to uninstall the client via local computer Control Panel Add or Remove Program applet. If you don’t know or have forgotten the password, then … Read more

PC Boots to Blinking Cursor

This is more of a note for myself than anything… If I put it here, I will have an easier time finding what I did if/when I run across this problem again. Had to reboot a working PC. No updates installed, no new software of any kind installed. It just simply locked up and needed a reboot. On reboot, after … Read more

Error – A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded

Ok… You find your Windows computer needs some updates. So, you go to Windows Update and download the needed fixes. Windows goes to install them and fails immediately giving you this error: Error: A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded Here's what to do to solve the problem: Click “Start” then “Run” and type cmd to … Read more