Selecting Crash Protector Properties - McAfee OFFICE 3.1 User Manual

2. Select the application that has stopped responding.
3. Click End Task to have CPR close the program, or click Reactivate to
To attempt to recover your work:
1. Use Explorer to make a backup copy of the open document you were
2. Click the Reactivate button in the Crash Protector box.
3. Attempt to save your work in the application.
4. Exit the application immediately and restart Windows.

Selecting Crash Protector Properties

McAfee Crash Protector lets you select a variety of properties that determine
how the utility behaves and what kind of protection it gives you.
To select Crash Protector properties:
1. Right-click on the Guardian icon in the system tray.
2. Highlight the Crash Protector Menus option
3. Click the Crash Protector Properties entry.
CPR tries to recognize the program and pre-select it for you.
have CPR try to reactivate the program.
IMPORTANT: An application that has stopped responding may
have other problems as well. Therefore your data may already be
lost or damaged. If you need to recover your work, follow the
instructions in the following procedure.
working with in the application.
The properties you can select are:
• 16-bit Protection - provides protection from crashes and errors
generated by 16-bit programs and files.
• 32-bit Protection - provides protection from crashes and errors
generated by 32-bit programs and files.
• Kernel Mode Protection - provides protection from Windows "Blue
Screen" errors and crashes.
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