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Activation protects you
Activation protects you
When to activate your product
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Locate the product key
Product activation is a technology that protects users
from pirated or counterfeit software by limiting use of a
product to those users who have acquired the product
legitimately. Product activation requires a unique
product key for each installation of a product. You must
activate the product within 15 days of installing it.
Product activation is completely separate from
registration. Your activation information and registration
information reside on separate servers, with no link
between the different sets of data.
During installation, you are asked to enter a product key.
After you have installed the product, activate it by
sending the product key to the Symantec servers.
You can activate your product by clicking Activate Now
in the Configuration Wizard that runs immediately after
installation. If you choose not to activate at that time, you
will receive
alerts
that will remind you to activate the
product. You can click Activate Now in the alerts to
activate the product. Activation should take just a few
minutes.
If you do not activate the product within 15 days of
installing it, the product will stop working. You can
activate it after the 15 days have elapsed, but you will not
be protected until you do.
The product key can most frequently be found on a
sticker on your CD sleeve. If it is not there, then it will be
on an insert in your product package. If you have
purchased the product on DVD, look for the sticker on
your DVD package. If you have
from the Symantec Store, the product key is stored on
your computer as part of the download process.
downloaded
the product
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