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Installing Student Survival Kit

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Student Survival Kit

Summary of Contents for Student Survival Kit 1.0

Page 1: ...Student Survival Kit Getting Started Version 1 0...

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Page 6: ...s This Agreement is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California without reference to conflict of laws principles The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts...

Page 7: ...e Disk 13 Ad Blocking 13 Email Encryption 13 Browser Buddy 13 Cool Tools 14 About Student Survival Kit documentation 14 Student Survival Kit online Help 14 Chapter 2 Installing Student Survival Kit 17...

Page 8: ...ound 26 How Safe Sound Creates Automatic Backups 27 Defining Your Backup Strategy 28 Where Will You Store the Backup Set 28 What Files are Important to You 29 How Often Should You or Safe Sound Make B...

Page 9: ...Getting Started ix Table of Contents Support forums and telephone contact 36 McAfee training 37 Index 39...

Page 10: ...Table of Contents x Student Survival Kit...

Page 11: ...gnosing repairing and protecting your PC and its valuable data Programs and features Central Interface The Student Survival Kit has an integrated central interface for you to easily access the individ...

Page 12: ...s email attachments Intranets shared files CD ROM and online services even inside the most popular compressed file types QuickClean QuickClean wizard removes unused files in the cache folder of your I...

Page 13: ...Allows you to automatically schedule updates and tasks you want to perform on your computer at any given time Rescue Disk Creates a custom rescue disk that you can use to boot up your PC and begin rec...

Page 14: ...owwow com About Student Survival Kit documentation This Getting Started manual provides the basic information you need to install setup and use Student Survival Kit More detailed information and step...

Page 15: ...first time a Find Setup Wizard is displayed Follow the instructions on screen to setup the full text search option After setup is complete 1 In the text box type the first few letters of the word or...

Page 16: ...Welcome to Student Survival Kit 16 Student Survival Kit...

Page 17: ...cluding VirusScan 2 5 MB for WinAmp 10 MB for PowWow Installing Student Survival Kit After closing all open programs you are ready to install Student Survival Kit on your PC To install Student Surviva...

Page 18: ...Standard and Automatically fix errors NOTE These are the default settings 3 Click Advanced In the Advanced Settings dialog box make sure the following settings are selected Only if errors found Repla...

Page 19: ...ey on your keyboard to delete the files If Windows asks about deleting files click Yes 6 In the Windows taskbar click Start then click Shut Down 7 Click Restart the computer then click Yes in the Shut...

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Page 21: ...t includes configurations such as automatically scheduling tasks that a component of the Student Survival Kit can perform on your computer You can also indicate how often a particular task should be p...

Page 22: ...gauge measures system resources small critical memory regions in Windows itself When any of these regions fill up your system may crash You can increase your resources by closing some applications Vir...

Page 23: ...and heuristic technology that detects even new unknown macro viruses before they have a chance to inflict damage SecureCast ensures that your virus signature files are always the latest New updates a...

Page 24: ...an to run from the dropdown list box Using Backup and Restore The Backup and Restore feature is designed to assist you in handling the Registry component of your computer The Registry is a repository...

Page 25: ...e window appears 3 Type a comment in the textbox and then click Finish to complete the backup process Restoring Registry Use the following procedure to restore your registry using a backup 1 Launch th...

Page 26: ...ts you create backup sets in protected volume files which is the safest and preferred type of backup A protected volume file is a sectioned off area of the drive sometimes called a logical drive Safe...

Page 27: ...h durable can become scratched enough to damage their data Human actions can also cause lost data such as deleting the wrong folder or formatting the wrong drive Even a well designed application can s...

Page 28: ...though this is the most labor intensive way of storing backups because it requires you to switch disks by hand In today s computer marketplace you may discover that it is as cost effective to acquire...

Page 29: ...or clients that is stored on your computer such as advertising layouts graphic images books or accounting data How Often Should You or Safe Sound Make Backups The more recent your backup set the happi...

Page 30: ...d partition tables and FAT information It s a good idea to run McAfee Image daily as well as whenever you ve reorganized a disk s files using a defragmenter This ensures that you can use Image s Resto...

Page 31: ...e file does not contain your data files those are located in your Safe Sound backup set NOTE For step by step instructions and more information on how to use McAfee Image refer to the McAfee Student S...

Page 32: ...n how to use Rescue Disk refer to the McAfee Student Survival Kit online Help file Using Internet Options Ad Blocking This screen allows you to configure Student Survival Kit to silently filter advert...

Page 33: ...and password you can use Browser Buddy to Drag your username or password from Password Manager and drop it on the login form for the Web site Add new password information for a Web site You can also r...

Page 34: ...Web Site list 2 Drag your username or password from the Password Manager box to appropriate field in your Web site s login form The text appears in the field If the site that you are logging into dis...

Page 35: ...nal Version of system software Amount of memory RAM Extra cards boards or monitors Name and version of conflicting software EXACT error message as on screen What steps were performed prior to receivin...

Page 36: ...have continued this tradition by making our site on the World Wide Web http www mcafee com a valuable resource for answers to technical support issues We encourage you to make this your first stop fo...

Page 37: ...ee support and 24 hours a day 7 days a week for Per Minute or Per Incident support McAfee training For information about scheduling on site training for any McAfee product call 800 338 8754 Disclaimer...

Page 38: ...Product Support 38 Student Survival Kit...

Page 39: ...ion 13 33 emergency boot disk 31 F File Allocation Table 31 I Image Properties 31 Internet Options 32 M Map Network Drive 28 McAfee Image 13 30 McAfee Scheduler 13 McAfee VirusScan 12 mirror backup 26...

Page 40: ...box QuickClean options 24 Student Survival Kit online Help 14 System hard drive 31 System requirements 17 U Using Backup and Restore 24 Using QuickClean 23 Using VirusScan 23 W Windows 95 98 Registry...

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