Hi Mary, I found the LU1899 Report on their web site, copied below. From what you can see below, it looks like Symantec themselves don't know what's wrong. George. Document ID:2004081907471413 Last Modified:19/08/2004 Error: "LU1899: LiveUpdate could not update this product or component. . ." Situation: This page describes the message "LU 1899: LiveUpdate could not update this product or component. If this problem persists please visit the Symantec Support web site for more information." Solution: Symantec is investigating this problem to determine a solution. This document will be updated when new information or a solution is available. To provide information to Symantec If you want to send your computer system information to help Symantec product development solve this problem, then run the <https://www-secure.symantec.com/techsupp/activeda ta/odc/odc_control_check.html?odc_name=odc_nav2004 _install&kbdoc=2003091115080306> Symantec Automated Support Assistant <https://www-secure.symantec.com/techsupp/activeda ta/odc/odc_control_check.html?odc_name=odc_luwin32 _client&kbdoc=2004081907471413> . The Symantec Automated Support Assistant gathers information about your system configuration. When you run the Symantec Automated Support Assistant, click Yes if you see a Security Warning dialog box. After the collection procedure has finished and you agree to send the information, click Submit at the bottom of the form, and the information is sent to a secure server. For more information about the Symantec Automated Support Assistant, see the Technical Information section below. Technical Information: The Symantec Automated Support Assistant The Automated Support Assistant is a diagnostic utility that you can download and run on your computer to help you correct common support problems with Symantec products. The utility is a Windows program that uses ActiveX(r) technology to integrate with the Support Web site. Symantec product information that is used by the utility is sent securely to Symantec for analysis. Personal information is never obtained or sent. This utility only reads data, nothing on your computer is changed. This process uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to transmit the product information to Symantec. SSL uses a private key to encrypt data that is transferred over the SSL connection. There are two ways to verify that your transmission is secure: A closed padlock icon appears on the status bar in your browser window, or the address of the displayed page begins with https. > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 19 August 2004 11:07 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Stumped by Norton > > Hi George, > > Thanks for your help yesterday. I went to the Symantec site > and upgraded my live update engine from 1.9 to 2.5 as they > suggested on the site. I went back to live update and this > time received the following error message > > LU1899: LiveUpdate could not update this product or > component. If this problem persists please visit the Symantec > Support web site for more information > > Which I did but could not find a single thing out about this > particular problem. The search was returned with no results > found for this problem. I have sent an email to Symantec > support, but if previous times are anything to go by, I do > not expect a reply. > > Any more ideas from anyone? > > > > Regards > > > > Mary > > > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq