User manual MCAFEE FIREWALL 4.0

[. . . ] PRODUCT GUIDE McAfee Firewall VERSION 4. 0 COPYRIGHT © 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of Network Associates, Inc. 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All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners. [. . . ] 1 If your computer runs Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP, log on to your computer as a user with administrative rights. You must have administrative rights to install this software. 2 Insert the McAfee Firewall 4. 0 CD in to your computer's CD-ROM drive. If the Installation Wizard does not automatically display, go to Step 3. Use the following procedure if the Autorun installation menu does not display, or, if you obtained your software via download at a McAfee web site. a 3 From the Windows Start menu, select Run. Type <X>:\SETUP. EXE in the text box provided, then click OK. b 4 Here, <X> represents the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive or the path to the folder that contains your extracted McAfee Firewall files. To search for the correct files on your hard disk or CD-ROM, click Browse. a Before proceeding with the installation, Setup first checks to see whether your computer has the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) utility running as part of your system software. If your computer runs Windows XP, the current version of MSI already exists on your system. If your computer runs an earlier Windows release, you may still have MSI in your computer if you previously installed other software that uses MSI. In either of these cases, Setup will display its first wizard panel immediately. If Setup does not find MSI or an earlier version of MSI is installed in your computer, it installs files necessary to continue the installation, then prompts you to restart your computer. When your computer restarts, Setup will continue from where it left off. b 20 McAfee Firewall 4. 0 Installing McAfee Firewall 5 Refer to steps displayed on the Installation Wizard to complete your installation. TIP If your computer does not have the required fonts to view the End User's License Agreement (EULA), then you can locate the appropriate EULA on your McAfee software installation CD. You must read and agree to the terms of the agreement to complete your installation. NOTE For all Windows 2000 Professional installations, McAfee Firewall requires a unique driver in order to function. During the installation process, you will be confronted with several warning messages notifying you that you are attempting to install an unsigned driver. Therefore, please click OK as often as necessary to install the driver and restart your computer if prompted to do so. Product Guide 21 Installing McAfee Firewall Troubleshooting installation problems A failed installation can cause software problems that are difficult to track down. The major causes of installation failure are: n n n Attempting to install while other software is running. Hard drive errors. Follow the procedure outlined below to minimize the affect that these common conditions may have on your installation. Step 1: Close other software Disable all software running in the background: 1 Hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys on your keyboard, and then press the Delete key once. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you've closed everything except Explorer. When you see only Explorer in the Close Program dialog box, click Cancel. 2 3 4 Step 2: Remove temporary files Delete the contents of the Windows Temp folder: 1 Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. Click Restart the computer, then click Yes in the Shut Down Windows dialog box to restart your PC. 2 3 4 5 6 7 22 McAfee Firewall 4. 0 Installing McAfee Firewall Step 3: Clean your hard drive Run the Windows hard drive utilities, ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to identify and fix any errors on your hard drive: 1 Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and click ScanDisk. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, make sure the following settings are selected: 2 3 M Only if errors found M Replace log M Delete M Free 4 Ignore the other options, and click OK. Depending on the size of your hard drive, ScanDisk may take several minutes to complete its job. Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. [. . . ] To ensure the highest level of protection, you should always obtain the latest version of your McAfee product. It is a seamless process and requires minimal interaction on your part. Instant Updater is also the mechanism used to register your product with McAfee. In order to obtain product updates, you must register your product with McAfee. Why Do You Need to Update? n n n n New features may be released for your McAfee product. [. . . ]