Symantec ai packages silent install command

If creating auto install packages using Symantec ghost suite and want to push them out silent the command is install.exe /Aa /An That will install your exe without any client interaction. Still best to have them reboot when they can before using. /An tells it to not reboot. Of course change install.exe to your package name

Symantec Endpoint Outlook Addon Disabled

So after pushing out symantec a bunch of the servers constantly get this outlook addon disabled error. Checked all my settings from the management console but yet the error still appears after clicking the fix it button.. well found that even if its not checked in the management console, it may have been installed and is active..

found the following fixes but i just jumped straight to the last fix of opening add remove programs and change the install and remove the outlook addon.. basically the last step is what i used

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• To disable the Outlook plug-in follow the below steps:
• To disable the plug-in from the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM):
1.Open the AntiVirus policy in SEPM.
2.Click on Microsoft Outlook Auto-Protect
3.Unselect Enable Microsoft Outlook Auto-Protect

• To disable the plug-in from within the Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client interface:
1.Open up the SEP client UI (User Interface).
2.On the AV bar, click Options> Change Settings
3.Click on Outlook Auto-Protect
4.Unselect Enable Microsoft Outlook Auto-Protect

• To disable the plug-in from Outlook:
1.Open Outlook
2.Click Tools> Options
3.Select the Other tab
4.Click Advanced Options
5.Click Add-in Manager
6.Unselect the Symantec AntiVirus Outlook Protection and click OK

• To disable the plug-in from Outlook 2007:
1.Open Outlook 2007
2.Click Tools> Trust Center...
3.Select the Add-ins tab
4.On the Manage drop-down menu, select Exchange Client Extensions, then select Go...
5.Unselect the Symantec AntiVirus Outlook Protection and click OK
6.For best results, close and restart Outlook 2007.

• To uninstall the Outlook plug-in follow the below steps:


1.Click Start> Control Panel
2.Double-click Add or Remove Programs
3.Select Symantec Endpoint Protection
4.Click Change
5.When the installer appears, click Next
6.Select Modify and click Next
7.Open the AntiVirus Email Protection
8.Click on the Outlook Scanner and select the This feature will not be available option
9.Click Next and then Finish.


hope this helps others.. its really annoying though :/

excel files slow to load, hang, error or timeout

been getting lots of calls about excel files not opening or taking a very long time mostly over the network. well tracked it down to a windows update. Office File Validation addon. Once I removed this update from add remove programs the problem went away. A client said it took 6 minutes to open up one file, after removing the update it took 2 seconds to open same file..

also if you manually do updates i'd suggest hiding this update so it doesnt get reinstalled and cause problems in the future.. for a fast unistall of the addon at the cmd prompt run the following to remove the update

msiexec.exe /x {90140000-2005-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} /q

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