I swear, Norton is geek job security. It's too fragile.
It _might_ be quicker to fix than re-install. Tough by remote control though. And if it's a production system I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be patching things together and leaving. The fact Norton yacked part way through its install could mean a lingering mess.
Quickest might be a repair install. At least the registry entries will be repaired and the apps won't have to be reinstalled. You can clean up Norton after hours.
If you're hellbound to fix it you could try editing the reg files on another system, or as sashime said, boot knoppix, ultimatebootcd, etc for tools.
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