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Getting started
Activating your product
Activating your product
To start Norton Internet Security
Do one of the following:
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In the Windows notification area, double-click
1
the Norton Internet Security icon.
On the Windows taskbar, click Start > All
1
Programs > Norton Internet Security > Norton
Internet Security.
If you did not activate your product during installation,
you receive an Activation Needed alert regularly until
you activate the product.
Product activation reduces software piracy and ensures
that you use authentic Symantec software.
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You must activate your product within the time period
that is specified by the alert, or your product stops
working.
You can activate your product directly from the
Activation Needed alert. Or, you can use the Activate
Now button in the main window. Activation should
take only a few minutes.
During activation, the Norton Account window appears.
You can create your Norton Account and register your
product. You can also view details, such as your Product
Key and recent updates to the product. If you skip the
Norton Account window, the product is activated, but
the Product Key is not saved in the Norton Account.
You can print the Product Key for the future to reinstall
your product.
To activate your product from the alert
1 In the alert, do one of the following:
If you purchased a subscription version of a
1
retail product, click Activate Now.
If the product came installed on your computer,
1
click Subscribe Now.
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