Used to be that you could reinstall Norton and update the entire period of your subscription. On a recent OEM version on a relative's computer, a complete manual uninstall including registry tweaks failed to renew the subscription.

Reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows might work, but why not just buy it? That is what I did.

I guess they caught on,I uually just update to the newest out but decide to go with Systemworks 2002 and found it is a good deal. JD

Dell XPST700r>1000Mhz upgraded 5/25/01
Win98se

Promise ULTRA100 IDE Controller
Samsung DVD-Rom SD-608
Sony CD-RW CRX140E
Iomega Zip 250
Quantum Fireball 30 Gig 7200 rpm
Western Digital 30 Gig 7200 rpm
HP Colorado 8GB tape drive

512 meg SDRAM ECC one slot empty
NVIDIA GeForce 256 [detonator 3 drivers ]
Creative SB Live Value!

Linksys Etherfast 10/100 lan card
NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
NETGEAR hub EN104tp
300W TurboCool Power Supply

Canon CanoScan FB620U
Canon BJC-6000

Try to uninstall then reinstall, just don't register.JD

Dell XPST700r>1000Mhz upgraded 5/25/01
Win98se

Promise ULTRA100 IDE Controller
Samsung DVD-Rom SD-608
Sony CD-RW CRX140E
Iomega Zip 250
Quantum Fireball 30 Gig 7200 rpm
Western Digital 30 Gig 7200 rpm
HP Colorado 8GB tape drive

512 meg SDRAM ECC one slot empty
NVIDIA GeForce 256 [detonator 3 drivers ]
Creative SB Live Value!

Linksys Etherfast 10/100 lan card
NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
NETGEAR hub EN104tp
300W TurboCool Power Supply

Canon CanoScan FB620U
Canon BJC-6000

If you like it buy it!

Dimension XPS B1000 /windows XP (home)
384mb 700 Rdram
60 gig Maxtor HD
Iomega 100 External Zip USB
Promise ATA 100
3Com 10/100 nic card
IEEE Firewire Card
Gforce II Pro 64 mb Ram
Samsung DVD-ROM SD-612
Sony CD-RW CRX-140E
Santa Cruz Sound Card
Microtex Scanner 3700 USB
Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 USB
Altec Lansing 885
Hp 1100 Photosmart Printer

It can be done through editing the registry but what are you to gain by it. Viruses are continually being created and routine updates are required. I t is actually best to buy it and stay current.

Besides messing around with the rgistry is a risky thing. Unless you know absolutly what you are doing you will need to reinstall every thing if thinks go wrong.