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While I have not tried this, I do not see why it would not work. To remove the antivirus program (at least in the newer releases that use MSI), you could simply push out "msiexec.exe /x <path to install msi> /qb-" through a login script or other such medium. That should remove the product with a minimal amount of work and error. As far as moving to unmanaged, I have not attempted that operation without reinstalling. You could use the above uninstall script, together with a new install, to script an unmanaged install. Out of curiosity, why would you want to do this? The antivirus server does not have to run on a server operating system. If you install the antivirus server onto a workstation, you could still have the server console and other such tools to see if a virus was making the rounds in your environment. +-------------------------------------------+ | Michael Surato | | Resource Center for Persons | | with Disabilities | | Michigan State University | | 120 Bessey Hall | | East Lansing, MI 48824 | | Voice: (517) 353-9643 Fax: (517) 432-3191 | +-------------------------------------------+ > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter J Murray > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] moving from symantec to nod32 > > I've just recently moved all my servers to NOD32 from > Symantec, and it's great. NOD32 just seems much more > polished and I can also say that it's much more effective in > keeping things out. Scan times are impressive, and there is > a lot less overhead. > > Now, I do have several problems that I'm hoping someone in > the group can help solve. > > 1) While I wait for the new fiscal year to get funding for > licenses for NOD32, I'd like to change all of Symantec > clients on the workstations from Managed to Unmanaged. > Symantec helpfully suggests removing and reinstalling SAV > Corporate to do so, which doesn't help Will these > workstations still update with out the server component > installed? Will patching the registry key to change parent > server to a blank value be enough? I know SAV Corporate > manually updates, but will it still auto update? > > I'm referring to > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\Currentversion > AlertDirectory > Parent > Remotehomedirectory > > and removing the server name and paths from those keys. > > > 2) When the time comes to move from Symantec to NOD32 for > around 60 workstations, is there a way to 'unpush' the Norton > Corporate installations from all these machines? NOD32 > pushes out, and that's fine, it's removing Symantec which is > the problem. > > Thank you. >