Windows Live OneCare
Removal Utility + Instructions:
If
the software installation is stating that there is an incompatible program
detected and the listed application is Windows
Live OneCare, please follow the instructions below to completely remove any
remnant files:
Step 1: Manually uninstall
Windows Live OneCare components:
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1.1 Please download the tool
from the following link and save it onto your hard disk:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/a/5/3a55dc68-6466-43e8-b886-f6e1ab829d12/OneCareCleanup.exe
1.2 Double click the
downloaded "OneCareCleanup"
file and then click "Continue".
1.3 Choose "I accept the terms of End-User Licensing
Agreement" and click "Continue".
1.4 Click the "Clean" button, and the tool will
begin to remove OneCare.
1.5 After the process
finishes, please click to restart the computer.
Step 2:
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2.1 Restart your computer.
2.2 Click Start, click Run, type "regedit" (without quotation marks) in the Open box, and
then click OK.
2.3 Expand to the following
registry key:
IMPORTANT
WARNING: Modifying your registry using the Registry Editor may cause serious
problems. These problems may include (but are not limited to)
reinstallation of your operating system (Windows XP, 2000, ME, etc.), program
functionality, and/or serious data loss. Please consider backing up your
registry entries PRIOR to modification. For assistance in dealing with
the registry, please contact the manufacturer of your computer.
Please click through the proper directories to arrive at the following path.
Each individual backslash “\” indicates a folder to click through within the
subdirectories.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MalwareProtection
Note: if the registry cannot be found, please go ahead to install Panda
again and check the result.
2.4 Right click on "MalwareProtection"
and choose Permissions.
2.5 Select "Administrators" from the list and
then check "Allow" next to
the "Full Control" entry.
2.6 Click OK. Right click on
"MalwareProtection"
and choose Export, type a file name
to export the key as a backup.
2.7 Right click on the key
again and choose Delete. Restart your computer and install Panda again.