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If you do not want to test the connection at this point, select No, Skip This Test then
Next. This also skips downloading the release notes, configuring the customer center,
and updating online. These steps can be performed any time after the system has been
initially configured.
Novell Customer Center Configuration
To get technical support and product updates, you need to register and activate your
product with the Novell Customer Center. The Novell Customer Center Configuration
provides assistance for doing so. Find detailed information about Novell Customer
Center at http://www.novell.com/documentation/ncc/.
If you are offline or want to skip this step, select Configure Later. This also skips SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop's online update.
In Include for Convenience, select whether to send unsolicited additional information,
such as your Hardware Profile or Optional Information when registering. This simplifies
the registration process. Click on Details to get in-depth information about how the
data will be collected. In order to obtain information about which data will be sent for
your specific product, the Novell server will be connected. Upon this initial connect no
data other than the ID of your product will be send to the Novell servers.
In order to become entitled for support, make sure to check Registration Code. You
will be prompted to enter the code when proceeding with Next. Find more information
about the technical support at
services_support.html.
NOTE: Data Privacy
No information is passed to anyone outside Novell. The data is used for statis-
tical purposes and to enhancer your convenience regarding driver support and
your Web account. Find a link to the detailed privacy policy by clicking on De-
tails. View the information transmitted in the log file at /root/.suse
_register.log.
Apart from activating and registering your product, this module also adds the official
update repositories to your configuration. These repositories provide fixes for known
bugs or security issues which can be installed via an online update.
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