Configuring Your Browser; Installing The Standalone Installation Agent - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Installation Manual

Preparing to Install the Client Software

Configuring your browser

Task
1 In the Windows Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs.
2 From the list of programs, locate any firewall software.
3 Click Remove.
NOTE: On computers running the Windows firewall, it is disabled automatically during
installation of Total Protection Service.
Configuring your browser
The computer used to install Total Protection Service must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
or later installed. Total Protection Service works with the default security settings in Internet
Explorer. Use this task to verify and configure your settings if you are unsure of them.
NOTE: If on your administrative or client computers you typically use a non-Microsoft browser,
such as Mozilla Firefox or Opera, you must install Internet Explorer before installing Total
Protection Service. After the software is installed, you can continue to use your default Internet
browser. You can access the SecurityCenter with Internet Explorer (version 6.0 or later) or
Firefox (version 2.0 or later).
Task
1 From the Windows Control Panel, open Internet Options.
2 On the Security tab, verify and change your security setting as needed, depending on your
version of Internet Explorer:
• Internet Explorer 7.x — Select Medium-high.
• Internet Explorer 6.x — Select Custom Level, then from the Reset to menu, select
Medium and click Reset.
3 Click OK.

Installing the standalone installation agent

To allow users without administrator rights to install Total Protection Service on client computers
by using the URL method, you must first load a standalone installation agent on their client
computers.
NOTE: This task is not required unless you want users without administrator rights to install
the client software.
Use this task to install the installation agent with a deployment tool, such as Microsoft Systems
Management Server (SMS) installer, Windows NT login scripts, or Tivoli IT Director, or by
downloading it directly onto client computers. You must have administrator rights on the client
computer to install this file. After the standalone installation agent is installed on a client
computer, any user can install Total Protection Service client software on that computer.
Task
1 From the SecurityCenter website, click the Help tab, select Utilities, then click installation
agent to download the executable installation file for the agent.
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