Has anyone accomplished a silent installation of Norton Antivirus 2006, yet? I'm planning to use the same method outlined here for Norton Antivirus 2005 as soon as my VM is done reformatting with my latest "build" -- CD image, but build sounds cooler. However, if anyone already knows anything about it not working, please let me know!

I use this switch: /qn /noreboot REBOOT=ReallySuppress

Afterwards i just add the cdkey manually. I dont know if this what was you wanted.

//Jake

It looks like we're using the same switches to install silently, but I'm also trying to activate the product. I tried to apply the activation settings from my current computer to the installation on my VM, but once Windows XP starts up, I get an error: something about a configuration wizard is currently active.

I'll probably just activate the product by hand. However, I noticed you said you input your serial key by hand. Even when I install my copy manually, I don't have to put that in; it's already typed in for me. By the way, I bought the downloaded package (instead of CD), so maybe that's why.

Too bad... bottom line: same install instructions found in this topic don't work.

I dont know how to add the cd-key but if u figure it out id be glad if you culd post the solution.

//Jake

This is how it works.

Reg file looks like this :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



And the symlcrst.sfx.exe :
Uninstall NortonAntivirus 2006 (Yes uninstall , otherwise you cant copy the dll) ,then go to : C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC
Copy the symlcrst.dll , make a SFX of it with the following :



First run the reg , then the SFX , then Norton.


Have fun

Thanks muiz! I thought I tried something similar to that already, except I used ProcessExplorer to release 'symlcrst.dll' and I didn't have the '/O' switch. May I ask what the '/O' switch does? In any case, I'll try that out tomorrow and see how it goes.


Can I copy the file using a 'copyfile.cmd' instead? Would it make a difference, as long as the file ended up where it's supposed to?

Dont know about the /O , and about the file... i guess it doesnt matter

so whats the conclusion.. this works or not????

I just tested it on a friend's computer, and I was not able to get it to work. The first time, my installation hung during Norton's install, so I redid it and got it to install, but I got the same problem as last time. Last time being: I start Windows, and I don't see Norton in the system tray, which is already a bad sign. I try to start it up and I get a message saying the Configuration Wizard is already running [and nothing happens, no Norton window starts up].

Unfortunate, but I guess this will be another one of the installation files I place for the CD to copy over to the machine so I can manually install it. I've spent too much time on this one program as it is Maybe I would've saved more time installing it manually, heh heh.

thanks Yungsters...

Maybe you can tell us first how you did it.
All steps.
Cause it works like a charm here , maybe somewhere something went wrong ?

can u disable the setting of 3 norton protection of windows?
so u only have one anti-virus on taskbar?
muiz

All my settings hapen after install

hmm..
thanks ...
i still prefer Symantec AntiVirus 10
it won't del the hack tools it detect , can be restore from quarantine...
norton 2006 direct del it =)

This method works perfectly thx!

//Jake

It does install but at the end still asks for the registration, any idea why?

Third times a charm!! I checked this topic this morning in the 15 minutes before school started and decided to try it once more on my computer. I'll go over what I did differently and what I suspect may have been the problem.

1. I have the downloaded version, so the first thing I did was start up the installer, NAV061200_2YR.exe. I opened explorer to %temp% and copy/pasted the NAV folder to my desktop.

2. I followed through with the install file and since I already installed Norton Antivirus 2006, it only showed me the option to Completely Remove Norton Antivirus 2006. I used that to uninstall Norton Antivirus 2006. The computer restarted afterward.

3. When the computer started back up, I went to 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\' and copy/pasted symlcrst.dll into the NAV folder that I copy/pasted earlier.*

4. I made two files named NAVSetup.cmd and NAVSetup.reg with the following contents:
Contents of NAVSetup.cmd
Contents of NAVSetup.reg
You'll notice my NAVSetup.reg is different. I checked with the registry on the system I had just uninstalled Norton Antivirus 2006 from and found that to be the location of my key, so I wanted to keep it the same.


5. Since I was only trying to test the setup, I didn't use RunOnceEx. Instead, I double-clicked the NAVSetup.reg and NAVSetup.cmd. Then I opened a command prompt window at my NAV folder and typed in:

6. I left for school and came back just now and found that a Norton Antivirus shortcut on my desktop. Good news! So I restarted the computer and I got the activation wizard, etc. It's now working. I'll try it again on my friend's computer and hopefully it will work out right.

Thanks muiz!

*Step 3 is what I did differently. In the past, instead of uninstalling Norton Antivirus 2006, I used Process Explorer to end the task of the process that was locking symlcrst.dll. This time, I uninstalled the program before copying the file. Maybe the program does something to symlcrst.dll when it uninstalls?

Good luck to everyone else trying to get this to work!

Thats not going to work on your friends computer.
This method works only on the computer you copied the symlcrst.dll from.

Is there something that causes the file to be specific to the hardware on the computer? I'm planning to... well, actually, it's a bit funny. I just came back from the door and the UPS man handed me my shipment containing my new motherboard, processor, and power supply unit. So once I upgrade, the unattended Norton Antivirus 2006 won't install properly? Hm... then I guess I'll have to do it manually like before, still...

It wont install on your new board.

so it will popup for registration if it is different board or harddisk right?
just like the nav2005?

Still poping up the registration after I reboot the PC.
I did all the steps and seems to me that the symlcrst.dll is either not overrighting the one on the CCPD-LC folder or it is getting corrupted once you intall.
Does anyone know if Norton overwrites this file?

Use winrar and make a SFX of it.

norton won't overwrite it if it is exist...
what u need is extract it 1st before installing it....
u can't copy it out while norton is protecting your system...
u need to uninstall norton , and copy it out and make sfx of it by using winrar

anyone know how to silent install Norton Internet Security 2006? urgent,..

These are the 2 Autoit scripts that I've written to make Insallations and Activations of Norton AntiVirus 2006 completely automatic in any system without any need for internet connection ( or disconnection),

ofcourse I have removed the Serial number from the first one (Norton), you should use your own.
the 2nd script (NorAct)should be complied to .exe,

in NAV2005 activation was possible at the time of installation and so everything could be done in one script, but NAV2006 requires a restart before Activation Wizard could be executed,
If anyone could find a way to be able to tell the Norton that computer has restarted to let us run the activation, this could have been made easier to be done at the time of installation.

any progression?




any progression?

Yet I have not been able to run the activation before a restart,

As it is in the first script
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RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD-LC\KStore\00000082\0000001e\0000004a","Key","REG_SZ","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
RunWait("NAVSETUP.EXE /qb /noreboot REBOOT=ReallySuppress",@ScriptDir)
FileCopy(@ScriptDir & "\noract.exe", @SystemDir & "\noract.exe")
RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce","NortonActivator","REG_SZ","noract.exe")
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Norton it is installed, noract.exe is copied to the computer and it will run in RunOnce.
(don't forget your serial)


2nd Script (In this one I replaced the pauses with a loop and fixed some stuff, it should work perfectly)
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RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","ProxyEnable","REG_DWORD","00000001")
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","ProxyServer","REG_SZ","0.0.0.0:0")
$Norton="Norton AntiVirus"

ProgressOn("Activating Norton AntiVirus 2006", "Please Wait ...", "0 percent", 50, 50)
$runvar= RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run","NAV CfgWiz")
Run ($runvar)
ProgressSet( 10, "10 percent")
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

While 1
If WinExists($Norton,"Activation requires communication") Then Exitloop
If WinWait("classname=Sym_ccWebWindow_Class") Then
WinSetState("classname=Sym_ccWebWindow_Class","",@SW_DISABLE)
ProgressSet( 20, "20 percent")
WinActivate("classname=Sym_ccWebWindow_Class")
WinSetState("classname=Sym_ccWebWindow_Class","",@SW_DISABLE)
Send("!n")
EndIf
WEnd

ProgressSet( 30, "30 percent")

While 1
If WinExists($Norton,"Connecting to the Symantec server") Then ExitLoop
If WinWait($Norton,"Activation requires communication") Then
WinActivate($Norton,"Activation requires communication")
WinSetState($Norton,"Activation requires communication",@SW_DISABLE)
ProgressSet( 40, "40 percent")
WinSetState($Norton,"Activation requires communication",@SW_ENABLE)
WinActivate($Norton,"Activation requires communication")
Send("!n")
WinSetState($Norton,"Activation requires communication",@SW_DISABLE)
If WinExists("Internet Connection Required","") Then
WinActivate("Internet Connection Required","")
Send("{ENTER}")
EndIf
EndIf
WEnd

ProgressSet( 50, "50 percent")

While 1
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)
If WinExists($Norton,"Activate by phone") Then ExitLoop
If WinWait($Norton,"Connecting to the Symantec server") Then
WinActivate($Norton,"Connecting to the Symantec server")
WinSetState($Norton,"Connecting to the Symantec server",@SW_DISABLE)
EndIf
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
If WinExists("Internet Explorer") Then
WinClose("Internet Explorer")
EndIf
WEnd
While 1

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
If WinExists("Internet Explorer") Then
WinClose("Internet Explorer")
EndIf
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)
If WinExists($Norton,"Phone Activation") Then ExitLoop
If WinWait($Norton,"Activate by phone") Then
WinSetState($Norton,"Activate by phone",@SW_DISABLE)
Sleep(2000)
ProgressSet( 60, "60 percent")
WinActivate($Norton,"Activate by phone")
Sleep(1000)
WinSetState($Norton,"Activate by phone",@SW_ENABLE)
ControlClick($Norton,"Activate by phone","Button4")
WinActivate($Norton,"Activate by phone")
Sleep(1000)
Send("!n")
EndIf
WEnd


If WinWait($Norton,"Phone Activation") Then
ProgressSet( 70, "70 percent")
WinSetState($Norton,"Phone Activation",@SW_DISABLE)
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit8","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit9","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit10","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit11","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit12","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit13","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit14","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit15","000000")
ControlSend($Norton,"Phone Activation" ,"Edit16","000555")
WinActivate($Norton,"Phone Activation")
Send("!n")
ProgressSet( 80, "80 percent")
EndIf

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","ProxyEnable","REG_DWORD","00000000")
RegDelete("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","ProxyServer")


If WinWait($Norton,"Your product key is") Then
ProgressSet( 90, "90 percent")
WinSetState($Norton,"",@SW_DISABLE)
WinKill($Norton,"Your product key is")
If WinWait($Norton,"Are you sure you want to exit") Then
WinSetState($Norton,"",@SW_DISABLE)
ControlClick($Norton,"Are you sure you want to exit","Button1")
ProgressSet(100 , "Done", "Complete")
EndIf
EndIf
ProgressOff()
Sleep(5000)
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","ProxyEnable","REG_DWORD","00000000")
RegDelete("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","ProxyServer")
FileDelete(@SystemDir & "\noract.exe")
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what about for Norton Internet Security?

I have found we can't install NAV 2006 after KB917422 install, we must reboot after hotfix install.