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Activate your product
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Activate your product
Product activation reduces software piracy and ensures
that you have received genuine Symantec software.
If you did not activate your product when first prompted,
you will receive an Activation Needed alert every day
until you activate the product.
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You must activate your product within the time period
specified by the alert or the product will stop working.
You can activate your product from the Activation
Needed alert or from the Activation option on the Help
menu. Activation should take just a few minutes.
To activate your product from the Activation Needed
alert
1
In the alert, click
Activate Now
.
2
Click
OK
.
3
On the Activation screen, click
Next
.
4
On the Activation Successful screen, click
Finish
.
To activate your product from the Help menu
1
At the top of the main window, click
Help and
Support
> Activation
.
2
On the Activation screen, click
Next
.
3
On the Activation Successful screen, click
Finish
.
If you have problems activating
If you cannot connect to the Symantec servers to activate
your product, first check to see if you have parental
control software or an ISP that might be blocking the
connection. If that doesn’t resolve the issue, you can
activate by phone.
