>>>>>>>- missing or corrupt VFP runtime files
>>>>>>>- improper security privileges to the above
>>>>>>>- bad hardware drivers (especially video)
>>>>>
>>>>>what version of Symantic do you have? In the system tray, can you just right-click it -> chose "Disable Auto-Protect." ??
>>>>
>>>>The version is 10.1.5.5000 The Disable option is not active for this user.
>>>
>>>Perhaps there is a windows service you can disable?
>>
>>What do you mean? What Windows Service?
>
>start / control panel / administrative tools / services
>
>see if there is one in there that looks like symantic. If there is try to stop it - although it sounds like that machine is locked down pretty good.

Ok, my colleague figured this out and now I do feel very stupid as I think Greg did suggest me also.

Basically, this PC did have some old VFP leftovers in the System32 folder of the Windows. So, once he removed all the leftovers from System32 folder, everything went smooth after that.