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- Page 1 Student Survival Kit Getting Started Version 1.0...
- Page 2 1. 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").
- Page 3 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.
- Page 4 Agreement. 6. Warranty and Disclaimer a. Limited Warranty. McAfee warrants that for sixty (60) days from the date of original purchase the media (e.g., diskettes) on which the Software is contained will be free from defects in materials and workmanship.
- Page 5 WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR FOR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES. IN NO EVENT WILL MCAFEE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE LIST PRICE MCAFEE CHARGES FOR A LICENSE TO THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF MCAFEE SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
- Page 6 12. McAfee Customer Contact. If you have any questions concerning these terms and conditions, or if you would like to contact McAfee for any other reason, please call (408) 988-3832, fax (408) 970-9727, or write: McAfee Software, 3965 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054.
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Page 11: Chapter 1. Welcome To Student Survival Kit
Welcome to Student Survival Kit Thank you for purchasing McAfee’s Student Survival Kit; a suite of powerful and easy-to-use Windows software utilities that helps keep your PC working at optimum efficiency and speed, as well as diagnosing, repairing, and protecting your PC and its valuable data. -
Page 12: Single Update Button
Student Survival Kit software, downloads and installs them. Student Survival Kit displays the McAfee Software Update Finder via a Web browser to check for updates. If an update is available, it downloads and installs it automatically for you. -
Page 13: Registry Backup And Restore
You can back up to a protected volume file (a separate area on the drive). McAfee Image Allows you to save a copy of critical disk information in a file and restores the image later if your disk is corrupted. -
Page 14: Cool Tools
Welcome to Student Survival Kit Cool Tools Winamp Nullsoft’s Winamp is an ultimate high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. It supports MP3, CD and other audio formats, more than 5,000 skins and 150 audio visualization and effect plug-ins. Winamp is freeware. For more information, visit their Web site at www.winamp.com PowWow PowWow®... - Page 15 Welcome to Student Survival Kit • Find tab Clicking the Find tab enables you to launch a full text search. When you search for topics via the Find tab for the first time, a Find Setup Wizard is displayed. Follow the instructions on screen to setup the full text search option.
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Page 17: Chapter 2. Installing Student Survival Kit
Installing Student Survival Kit Most installation problems are a caused by having programs running while you try to install new software. Even if the installation appears normal, you won’t be able to run the new program. To avoid installation problems, close all open programs before you install Student Survival Kit, including programs that run in the background, such as screen savers or virus checkers. -
Page 18: Step 1: Clean Up Your Hard Drive
Installing Student Survival Kit • Hard drive errors • Temporary files that conflict with the installation • Attempting to install while other software is running Follow the procedure outlined below to minimize the affect that these common conditions may have on your installation. Step 1: Clean up your hard drive Run the Windows 95 hard drive utilities, ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to identify and fix any errors on your hard drive:... -
Page 19: Step 2: Remove Temporary Files
Installing Student Survival Kit Step 2: Remove temporary files Delete the contents of the Windows Temp folder: 1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. The My Computer window opens. Double-click the C: drive. You are now viewing the contents of your hard drive. - Page 20 Installing Student Survival Kit Student Survival Kit...
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Page 21: Chapter 3. Using Student Survival Kit
Using Student Survival Kit McAfee’s Student Survival Kit contains a suite of utility programs that cover every aspect of your computer’s health, performance, and maintenance. Some of the tests are very specific while many are more general and allow you to check your computer’s performance efficiency with one click of a button. -
Page 22: The Most Important Gauges
In WinGauge, you can set global gauge commands or set specific commands for each gauge. You can also add, update, or remove gauges. NOTE: For step-by-step instructions and more information on how to use WinGauge, refer to the McAfee Student Survival Kit online Help file. Student Survival Kit... -
Page 23: Help
AVERT even makes hourly beta virus signature files available to all customers 24 hours a day. NOTE: For step-by-step instructions and more information on how to use McAfee VirusScan, refer to the McAfee Student Survival Kit online Help file. Using QuickClean... -
Page 24: Using Backup And Restore
To change the QuickClean schedule: 1. Right-click the red and white McAfee Agent icon in the clock area of the taskbar, and then select What’s Scheduled on the menu. 2. In the What’s Scheduled dialog box, select QuickClean and click Schedule. -
Page 25: Registry Backup
Using Student Survival Kit Registry Backup With Registry Backup, you have the following two options: • Back-up your registry: This backs up your current registry. • Restore your registry: If you select Restore, a list of registry backups appear. The registry that setup backed up originally is called Original. Backing Up Registry Use the following procedure to back up your registry. -
Page 26: Protected Volume Files (The Ultimate Backup Protection)
Using Student Survival Kit Valuable and vulnerable disk organizational structure information is also stored in various places on a hard drive. This includes the boot sector, partition tables, directories, the FAT (file allocation table), and other structural components. These structural components are used by Windows to find data on the drive, organize it, and so on. -
Page 27: How Safe & Sound Creates Automatic Backups
Using Student Survival Kit Safe & Sound automates the back-up process, doing the time-consuming and repetitive work for you. It lets you decide which types of files to back up, how often to save them, and where you want the backup set located (on the same drive, another local drive, or on a shared network drive). -
Page 28: Defining Your Backup Strategy
Using Student Survival Kit Defining Your Backup Strategy After you decide which backup type you want to use (either a protected volume file or a directory backup set), the most important questions you must answer when defining your own backup strategy are: •... -
Page 29: What Files Are Important To You
You may also want to be sure the auto-save option is selected in your applications for more frequent backups. NOTE: For step-by-step instructions and more information on how to use Safe & Sound, refer to the McAfee Student Survival Kit online Help file. Getting Started... -
Page 30: Mcafee Image
PC and cause lost or corrupted data. An important step in preventing disaster is using McAfee Image to make a “snapshot” of the most critical areas on your hard drives. Since even a recent backup copy is still not as good as recovering your current data, you’ll want to... -
Page 31: Setting Image Properties
Safe & Sound backup set. NOTE: For step-by-step instructions and more information on how to use McAfee Image, refer to the McAfee Student Survival Kit online Help file. Rescue Disk... -
Page 32: Using A Rescue Disk
If your system doesn’t boot, access CMOS and make sure the Booting From Floppy option is enabled. Then follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE: For more information on how to use Rescue Disk, refer to the McAfee Student Survival Kit online Help file. Using Internet Options Ad Blocking... -
Page 33: Email Encryption
• Add new password information for a Web site. You can also run the Password Manager from its dialog box. To open Browser Buddy, right-click the McAfee Guardian icon on the Windows taskbar, then click Browser Buddy. The dialog box is displayed. - Page 34 Using Student Survival Kit To retrieve your username and password: 1. In Browser Buddy, select the site name if it doesn’t appear automatically in the Current Web Site list. 2. Drag your username or password from the Password Manager box to appropriate field in your Web site’s login form.
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Page 35: Appendix A. Product Support
• What steps were performed prior to receiving error message? • A complete description of problem How to Contact McAfee Customer service To order products or obtain product information, contact the McAfee Customer Service department at (972) 308-9960 or write to the following address: McAfee Software... -
Page 36: Technical Support
We encourage you to make this your first stop for answers to frequently asked questions, for updates to McAfee software, and for access to McAfee news and virus information. Take advantage of the McAfee Product KnowledgeCenter—your free online product support center - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (http://support.mcafee.com/tech_supp/pkc.asp). - Page 37 If the automated services do not have the answers you need, please contact McAfee at the following numbers Monday through Friday between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM Pacific time for 30-day free support, and 24 hours a day - 7 days a week for Per Minute or Per Incident support.
- Page 38 Product Support Student Survival Kit...
- Page 39 Index Internet Options Ad Blocking Agent Map Network Drive scheduling QuickClean McAfee Image McAfee Scheduler McAfee VirusScan Backing Up Registry mirror backup Backup strategies Backups automatic Options frequency of saving where to store them why you need them permanent storage...
- Page 40 Index Settings dialog box QuickClean options Student Survival Kit online Help System hard drive System requirements Using Backup and Restore Using QuickClean Using VirusScan Windows 95/98 Registry WinGauge wizards QuickClean ?? to Getting Started...
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