I have Norton System Works and it lets me run the program from the CD. Now you can't run everything from the CD, but you can run a good bit. I don't have the CD with me at work and I'm running Windows 2000 anyway. What system works lets you do varies with the OS. So, I can't tell you exactly.

Anyway, maybe your copy of Norton (if it's not just anti-virus) can run from the CD. If it lets you run WinDoctor or some of the things you'll find in Norton utilities, it might fix it.

However, I know it's a pain in the neck to do this, but if you're sure you have all the drivers etc, I'd back up the data, wipe out the drive and start all over.

BTW - If you want to know what a VXD file is:
http://topqualityfreeware.com/whatisavxd.html


>My Pc is mess at the moment, every time I run w98
>my machine goes black. In order to run the OS I have to use step by step confirmation, skipping everything that has to with with symantec and norton
>as well as some .vxd, files which are in fact the one who are cousing the problems (from what I understand there is a reference of these files in the
>registry and all but the OS can't find the app to run it or something).
>is there a software that can help me to clean errors in the registry
>or uninstall these type of apps?
>In the add/remove windows I see a refrence of norton but it can't be uninstalled. If I try to install again the products, I
>get a message where they tell that I can't install the product as it's installed already (it's like a circle)
>
>
>Thnaks in advance