Control Panel corruption & unable to load SYS file

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Eric

So, here's what happened:
I was installing Norton Systemworks on my Windows 2000
Pro machine when my computer suddenly had a power
failure -- not sure why; it just shut off spontaneously
in the middle of Setup. When I rebooted, I got a
bluescreen error message reading "...SYMEVENT.SYS could
not be loaded." I can get past this screen by rebooting
in Safe Mode, but modifying this file doesn't seem to
work. Moreover, and my key issue as it sits now, somehow
my Control Panel "Add/Remove Programs" app became
corrupted in this process and produces a malformed window
when I try to run it, and I can't figure out another way
of uninstalling Norton Systemworks. Please advise; any
input is appreciated. Please post to the newsgroup; if
this becomes an issue best handled direwctly, I will
consider handling this via email.

Thank you one and all--
--Eric
 
Argh i have the same problem, over in the left hand side of the window where the find/file specs info goes is where my icons go and where they should be is blank! further to this my add remove programs does not work. I have no install/uninstall abilities (windows installer is constantly returning errors both install and uninstall). Javascript will not work in ie. I cannot get into windows update, yet the symantec blaster tool assures me i dont have that virus. This all seems to have happened after installing iis, done after I shoved in service pack 4! Norton anti virus has also destroyed itself and will not do anything besides tell me it wont load and therefore may have a virus.... however since windows installer is down i cannot get rid of norton

Can anyone help me please?

os: win 2000 pro
cpu: athlon 2400+
 
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