User manual MCAFEE QUICKCLEAN 3.0

[. . . ] PRODUCT GUIDE McAfee QuickClean VERSION 3. 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. All Rights Reserved. Issued August 2002 / Product Guide v3. 0 McAfee Perpetual End User License Agreement ­ United States of America NOTICE TO ALL USERS: CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), FOR THE LICENSE OF SPECIFIED SOFTWARE ("SOFTWARE") PRODUCED BY NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. [. . . ] Depending on the speed of your computer and the size of your drive, this may take several minutes to complete. Close Disk Defragmenter when it has finished defragmenting your disk. 5 6 7 8 Removing or modifying your McAfee QuickClean installation If your computer's operating system is. . . n n n n Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Edition . . . you must log on to your computer as a user profile with administrative rights. Then do the following: 20 McAfee QuickClean 3. 0 Installing McAfee QuickClean 1 2 From the Windows Control Panel, start the Add/Remove applet. Select McAfee QuickClean and click: M Remove to remove McAfee QuickClean from your computer. M Change to modify your McAfee QuickClean installation. 3 Refer to steps displayed on the McAfee QuickClean Installation Wizard to complete your changes. Restart your computer as directed by setup. Important information about Windows XP migration Upgrading your computer's operating system from any version of Windows to Windows XP causes all McAfee products installed before migration to become disabled after migration to Windows XP. You will be made aware of this situation as you make your first attempt to start a McAfee product (after migration) - you will be instructed to reinstall the product. As such, you will need to uninstall all McAfee products and reinstall using your installation CD or the software obtained from McAfee via download. Product Guide 21 Installing McAfee QuickClean 22 McAfee QuickClean 3. 0 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Introduction 3 The McAfee QuickClean Home Page is your central entry point to all of McAfee QuickClean's tasks, wizards, and components. This screen displays three regions that provide you with dynamic information about QuickClean's status and navigation links to all QuickClean tasks. Status messages The status frame displays information about your current configuration. This information varies based upon your computer's operating system. Operating system Windows 98 w w w w Status Message Application Remnant Cleaner status. "You are running as a limited user. " (see NOTE) All other w w w NOTE This message displays if your computer's operating system is Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP and you are not logged in as the Administrator or logged in as a user with an administrative profile. Additionally, limited user profiles do not have access to all of QuickClean's features. Product Guide 23 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Drive information The Drive Info frame displays current volume statistics for all of your computer's fixed drives. To view volume statistics for a different fixed drive, click the Select a drive drop-down list and select the desired drive. 24 McAfee QuickClean 3. 0 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Screen layout Title bar The QuickClean interface displays most of your standard Windows elements. That which includes: n The title bar displays the name of the program that you are currently using. The QuickClean interface is of fixed height and width and cannot be re-sized. n Tool bar The tool bar displays four browser-like buttons that are common to all QuickClean screens. n n Back. Click this button to go from any QuickClean screen to the home screen (Status screen). In conjunction with the Back button, use the Next to go to any previously visited screen during your current QuickClean session. Help submenu items may include any of the following: Help submenu item Description w w w n n Help on this page Contents and index Help on the Web Select this submenu item to view online Help for the screen you are currently viewing. Select this submenu item to start your Internet browser and go directly to the McAfee Help web site at McAfeehelp. com. Select this submenu item to start your Internet browser and visit McAfee-at-Home. com Click About to view version information about QuickClean. McAfee at Home on the Web About QuickClean w w Product Guide 25 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean The Task pane The Task pane displays links that allow you to start McAfee QuickClean's primary Tasks and Advanced Tasks. The Task pane also displays links to Related Tasks; and McAfee links to start the home pages of any other current McAfee product installed in your computer. If you select an item in the work space of a wizard, cleaning, or analysis screen, then the Details or properties describing the item you've selected displays in the task pane. [. . . ] There are no safeguards in the wizard that would prevent you from deleting files that your computer system needs, so always exercise caution before you decide to select a file to be wiped out. 48 McAfee QuickClean 3. 0 Updating McAfee QuickClean 7 About Instant Updater As technologies advance, we continually provide updates to McAfee software products. 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. [. . . ]