18Getting started Activating your product

To start Norton Internet Security

4Do one of the following:

1In the Windows notification area, double-click the Norton Internet Security icon.

1On the Windows taskbar, click Start > All

Programs>NortonInternetSecurity>Norton Internet Security.

Activating your product

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. Activation

 

provides you with a specified period of subscription to

 

your Norton product. You can also renew your

 

subscription to continue using Norton Internet

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Security.

You must activate your product within the time period

 

that the alert specifies, or your product stops working.

 

You can activate your product directly from the

 

activation-needed alert or from the main window.

 

Activation should take only a few minutes.

 

To activate your product from the alert

1In the alert, do one of the following:

1If you purchased a subscription version of a retail product or the product came installed on your computer, select Activate Now (Recommended).

1If you want to renew the subscription of your product, select Renew Now.

You can also activate or renew the subscription of your product from any non-admin user account.

2Click OK.

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