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- Page 1 P R O D U C T G U I D E McAfee QuickClean V E R S I O N 3 . 0...
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- Page 3 License Grant. Subject to the payment of the applicable license fees, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, McAfee hereby grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use one copy of the specified version of the Software and the accompanying documentation (the "Documentation"). You may install one copy of the Software on one computer, workstation, personal digital assistant, pager, "smart phone"...
- Page 4 Ownership Rights. The Software is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. McAfee and its suppliers own and retain all right, title and interest in and to the Software, including all copyrights, patents, trade secret rights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights therein. Your possession, installation, or use of the Software does not transfer to you any title to the intellectual property in the Software, and you will not acquire any rights to the Software except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
- Page 5 McAfee has no further responsibility after the initial sale to you within the original country of sale. Product Guide...
- Page 6 McAfee. No provision hereof shall be deemed waived unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by McAfee or a duly authorized representative of McAfee. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The parties confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement has been written in the English language only.
- Page 7 License Grant. Subject to the payment of the applicable license fees, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, McAfee hereby grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use one copy of the specified version of the Software and the accompanying documentation (the "Documentation"). You may install one copy of the Software on one computer, workstation, personal digital assistant, pager, "smart phone"...
- Page 8 Ownership Rights. The Software is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. McAfee and its suppliers own and retain all right, title and interest in and to the Software, including all copyrights, patents, trade secret rights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights therein. Your possession, installation, or use of the Software does not transfer to you any title to the intellectual property in the Software, and you will not acquire any rights to the Software except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
- Page 9 Customer Remedies. McAfee's and its suppliers' entire liability and your exclusive remedy for any breach of the foregoing warranty shall be, at McAfee's option, either (i) return of the purchase price paid for the license, if any, or (ii) replacement of the defective media in which the Software is contained.
- Page 10 McAfee has no further responsibility after the initial sale to you within the original country of sale.
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Page 11: Table Of Contents
What’s included with McAfee QuickClean? ........ - Page 12 Instant Updater features ..........49 A How to contact McAfee ....... . . 51 www.McAfee-at-Home.com .
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Page 13: Welcome To Mcafee Quickclean
Overview of McAfee QuickClean Junk accumulates quickly on your PC when you're surfing the Internet. Protect your privacy and get rid of web and e-mail clutter with McAfee QuickClean. QuickClean technology identifies and removes files that accumulate when surfing, including cookies, e-mail, downloads, and history - data that contains personal information about you. -
Page 14: What's Included With Mcafee Quickclean
QuickClean Lite directly from your installation CD. What’s included with McAfee QuickClean? McAfee QuickClean uses safe and simple wizards to perform its major tasks. When you use a wizard to clean up your hard disk or manage applications, at each step you see exactly what you are specifying, and you can go back to previous screens and change options if you change your mind. - Page 15 Welcome to McAfee QuickClean Orphan Files Cleaner: Scans for and removes files without an offsetting association; i.e.: shortcuts, favorites. Duplicate Files Cleaner: Scans your computer and enables the removal of duplicate files from your computer. Temporary Internet Files (Cache) Cleaner: Frees hard disk space by deleting cached (temporary Internet) Internet files.
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Page 16: About This Manual
This manual provides the basic information you need to install, set up and get started with McAfee QuickClean. More detailed information about how to perform tasks within McAfee QuickClean is provided via online Help. You can get Help while working with the different windows and dialog boxes. You can also review the Readme.txt file which contains other general information,... -
Page 17: Installing Mcafee Quickclean
Installing McAfee QuickClean The setup program on your McAfee QuickClean installation CD lets you install the program easily on your computer. Installation should start automatically when you insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The information in the following paragraphs will help you install and start using McAfee QuickClean. - Page 18 If the Installation Wizard does not automatically display, go to Step 3. Otherwise, skip to Step 4. Use the following procedure if the Autorun installation menu does not display, or, if you obtained your software via download at a McAfee web site. From the Windows Start menu, select Run.
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Page 19: Troubleshooting Installation Problems
Installing McAfee QuickClean Troubleshooting installation problems A failed installation can cause software problems that are difficult to track down. The major causes of installation failure are: Attempting to install while other software is running. Temporary files that conflict with the installation. -
Page 20: Removing Or Modifying Your Mcafee Quickclean Installation
Close Disk Defragmenter when it has finished defragmenting your disk. Removing or modifying your McAfee QuickClean installation If your computer’s operating system is... Windows NT Workstation... -
Page 21: Important Information About Windows Xp Migration
Windows XP. You will be made aware of this situation as you make your first attempt to start a McAfee product (after migration) - you will be instructed to reinstall the product. As such, you will need to uninstall all McAfee products and reinstall using your installation CD or the software obtained from McAfee via download. - Page 22 Installing McAfee QuickClean McAfee QuickClean 3.0...
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Page 23: Getting Started With Mcafee Quickclean
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Introduction The McAfee QuickClean Home Page is your central entry point to all of McAfee QuickClean’s tasks, wizards, and components. This screen displays three regions that provide you with dynamic information about QuickClean’s status and navigation links to all QuickClean tasks. -
Page 24: Drive Information
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Drive information The Drive Info frame displays current volume statistics for all of your computer’s fixed drives. To view volume statistics for a different fixed drive, click the Select a drive drop-down list and select the desired drive. -
Page 25: Screen Layout
Select Contents and Index to view online Help for QuickClean. Help on the Web Select this submenu item to start your Internet browser and go directly to the McAfee Help web site at McAfeehelp.com. McAfee at Home on the Select this submenu item to start your Internet browser and visit McAfee-at-Home.com... - Page 26 The Task pane displays links that allow you to start McAfee QuickClean’s primary Tasks and Advanced Tasks. The Task pane also displays links to Related Tasks; and McAfee links to start the home pages of any other current McAfee product installed in your computer.
- Page 27 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Clean my hard drive. This Advanced task takes you Clean my hard drive screen. Here you can perform various scanning operations, customize cleanup rules, and perform program maintenance. Remove Internet files. Select this task to start any of the Internet Cleanup wizards - the Browser Cache, Cookie, E-mail, ActiveX and Plug-in, and Privacy Check cleaners.
- Page 28 If you select a particular file type or group that QuickClean scans. Details include: File types and associations. Description of a cleaner’s function. About McAfee The McAfee list displays links that allows you to start any other currently supported McAfee product. McAfee QuickClean 3.0...
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Page 29: Managing Programs To Free Disk Space
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space Introduction The QuickClean wizards that manage applications are simple and extremely safe. They will not damage your computer or destroy data by removing important operating system files or files required by any application except the one you are removing, archiving, or moving. -
Page 30: Remove A Program Using Remove
One common method is to access the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box in the Windows Control Panel, select the application and click Add/Remove. The other method is to delete the program using the program's uninstallation wizard. McAfee QuickClean 3.0... -
Page 31: Analyze Folders Using Folder Browser
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space Both methods usually remove most program files associated with the application. However, documents created with and linked to the program may remain after uninstallation. Application remnant cleaner detects a program's uninstallation. When the program's uninstallation is complete, a list of files not removed from your computer associated with the program displays. -
Page 32: Archiving A Program Using Archive
Then you can quickly restore the applications when you no longer need their disk space. Monitoring a program’s installation using BackTrack The BackTrack wizard can restore your system to the state it was in before you installed a monitored application. McAfee QuickClean 3.0... - Page 33 Managing Programs To Free Disk Space NOTE You must be running Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE in order to use the QuickClean BackTrack feature. You can use the QuickClean Installation Monitor to watch applications as they install making a record of every file that was added, deleted, or changed during installation.
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Page 34: Restoring An Archived Program Using Restore
Click Next. The Replace Existing Files? screen displays. Choose one of the following: Only replace older files with newer files. Always replace existing files. McAfee QuickClean 3.0... - Page 35 Managing Programs To Free Disk Space Never replace existing files. Click Restore to begin restoring the application. When the wizard restores the application, it displays a message that the job is completed. You can click Report to view details of restoration activity.
- Page 36 Managing Programs To Free Disk Space If you are sure that you no longer need the selected archive, click Delete. At such time, you are prompted to confirm deleting the file. McAfee QuickClean 3.0...
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Page 37: Quickclean Activity Logs
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space QuickClean Activity Logs When you click the Activity Log in the QuickClean main window, you will have the option to view different reports that displays numeric and graphic information about actions performed by any of the QuickClean wizards (e.g., summary, report logs, disk analysis and file analysis). -
Page 38: Quickclean Settings
Delete protect files based upon the number of days since they were last accessed or modified. Internet Cleanup This setting allows you to configure the Internet Cleanup to start as you close Internet Explorer. You can also select the file types you want to delete. McAfee QuickClean 3.0... -
Page 39: How To Free Disk Space
How to Free Disk Space About QuickClean Lite The QuickClean Lite wizard enables you to clean your computer of unnecessary files and free valuable hard disk space. You can use the QuickClean Lite wizard to perform any of the following cleaning tasks: Clean your Recycle Bin. - Page 40 QuickClean Lite cleaning options The final removal process used by QuickClean Lite is to either use normal Windows deletion or secure file deletion using McAfee Shredder. Normal Windows deletion allows the recreation of deleted files using an “undelete” type of program. McAfee Shredder prevents file restoration programs from recreating deleted files by securely removing files from your computer.
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Page 41: About Spacemaker
How to Free Disk Space About SpaceMaker Freeing specific amounts of disk space on a drive If you need a specific amount of disk space on one of your drives, click SpaceMaker in the QuickClean screen and tell the SpaceMaker wizard how much space you want, what kind of files it can delete, and whether you want it to make compressed backup copies of the files. -
Page 42: Custom Rule Creator
Most of the time, however, the cached files are not useful and can be deleted. The Browser Cache Cleaner helps you to quickly get rid of these cached files that may affect your computer’s hard disk space and performance. McAfee QuickClean 3.0... - Page 43 How to Free Disk Space Browser Cookies Cleaner Cookies are small files that your Web browser stores on your computer at the request of a Web server. Each time you view a Web page from the Web server, your browser sends the cookie back to the server. These cookies can act like a tag, which let the Web server track which pages you view and how often you return to them.
- Page 44 Internet Explorer. If you want to free disk by removing Internet Buildup “on-demand,” you can: Run QuickClean Lite and select the cleaners you want to run. Create a custom rule, that which cleans your Internet cache folders. McAfee QuickClean 3.0...
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Page 45: Delete Files Securely: Shredder
Table). The FAT contains the directions to all the pieces of your files, so that applications can find them again later. In addition to FAT file systems, McAfee Shredder supports New Technology Filing System (NTFS). NTFS is the file system used by Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. - Page 46 How to Free Disk Space McAfee Shredder allows you to shred files on your PC’s Recycle Bin, Temporary Internet, as well as Web site history folder. You can also specify the number of shredding passes (1-99) and can now have the option to shred an entire drive.
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Page 47: Advanced Cleaning Tasks
Advanced Cleaning Tasks Registry Cleaner View and remove unconnected registry entries Using QuickClean’s Registry Cleaner makes maintenance and troubleshooting of your computer’s registry database a quick and easy process. It helps you clean the registry database of your PC by showing you key entries that may refer to files that have moved or no longer exist. - Page 48 There are no safeguards in the wizard that would prevent you from deleting files that your computer system needs, so always exercise caution before you decide to select a file to be wiped out. McAfee QuickClean 3.0...
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Page 49: Updating Mcafee Quickclean
To ensure the highest level of protection, you should always obtain the latest version of your McAfee product. Updating your software is simple using McAfee's Instant Updater. It is a seamless process and requires minimal interaction on your part. - Page 50 Home page query Related to Instant Updater is Home page query. This feature allows you to configure your McAfee product’s home page to display a message when an update is available. After you install your McAfee software, Home page query “on”...
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Page 51: A How To Contact Mcafee
Internet, at no cost. Phone support information can also be obtained from our self-help web site at: http://www.mcafeehelp.com. BEFORE YOU CONTACT McAfee Software for technical support, locate yourself near the computer with the McAfee product installed and verify the information listed below: Version number of your McAfee software From the McAfee QuickClean main window select Help >... - Page 52 How to contact McAfee Windows operating system version number Amount of memory (RAM) Complete description of the problem EXACT error message as on screen What steps were performed prior to receiving error message? Is the error persistent; can you duplicate the problem...
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Page 53: Index
Help submenu Activity Logs How to Advanced Settings Analyze your hard drive Advanced Tasks Archive a program Adware Contact McAfee Application Remnant Cleaner Find non-critical files consuming disk space Application Remnant Cleaner Settings Install QuickClean Archive Monitor a program’s installation... - Page 54 General Internet Cleanup Monitor Shredder Smartlinks Database SpaceMaker Spyware Task pane Tasks Temporary Internet Files (Cache) Cleaner The tool bar Troubleshooting Installation Windows XP migration Uninstalling VirusScan scan engine Windows XP migration Wizards ActiveX and Plug-ins Cleaner McAfee QuickClean 3.0...
- Page 55 Index Product Guide...
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