User ManualTable of ContentsMcAfee Utilities1Table of Contents7Preface11About This Manual11McAfee Utilities Overview111 Getting Started15What You Need Before Starting15McAfee Utilities Quick Install15To install McAfee Utilities:151. Insert the McAfee Utilities CD into the CD-ROM drive.152. Double-click the My Computer icon, the McAfee Utilities icon and the Setup.exe or Setup icon.153. Follow the on-screen instructions to supply the requested information.15McAfee Utilities Quick Start15To start McAfee Utilities Central:16McAfee Utilities Configuration Assistant16McAfee Utilities Central17Figure 11. McAfee Utilities central172 Repair and Recover19Disk Minder19Creating and Reverting to an Undo File21Using Disk Minder to Auto Fix Errors21Using Disk Minder to Report Errors Only21Disk Minder Summary Report22Interactively Fixing Errors22McAfee Image22Creating an Image of Your Disks23Setting Image Properties23Restoring Drives From an Image File23To restore one or more drives from an image file:241. Start Image, select the Restore Drive(s) From Saved Image radio button, and click Next>.242. Do one of the following and click the Next> button:243. Select the hard drives you want to restore and click Next>.244. Select the kinds of information you want to restore.245. Click Finish to restore the drives with the specified kinds of data.24Rescue Disk251. Click the Next > button in the Rescue Disk Wizard.252. Select the drive.253. Click Next>; then select component.254. Click Finish.255. Insert the floppy or zip disk that you will use.25Using a Rescue Disk25Disk Minder in DOS26To use Disk Minder in DOS:261. After booting up your PC, select Disk Minder for DOS from the Rescue Disk menu.262. Press the Tab key to change the drives that are currently selected to be scanned. Selected dri...263. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Enter to select it.264. Press the Right Arrow key to move the cursor back to the buttons.265. Select Start and press Enter to start checking the drives.27Image/Restore in DOS27SysRecover27Recover Backup27Unformat27Undelete27First Aid28Using CheckUp28To perform a complete CheckUp281. To perform a CheckUp on your entire PC, click the CheckUp button at the bottom center of the C...282. During CheckUp, the component currently under examination is highlighted. Status information a...28To perform a specific CheckUp281. If you are having a specific hardware problem, click the appropriate component in the CheckUp ...282. Click the check for the selected component. First Aid will perform a CheckUp on that component...28Using Universal Undo29Undoing a monitored change:291. Click Universal Undo on the main First Aid screen. The Universal Undo screen appears.292. Click Undo an Installation. The Undo an Installation screen appears.293. Select an installation to undo, and then click Next. Installation Undo analyzes your PC and de...294. When Installation Undo is finished, a summary screen appears, displaying the results of the undo.29To undo a Control Panel setting:301. Click Undo a Windows Settings Change on the Universal Undo screen. The Undo a Windows Setting ...302. Follow the screen instructions.30Using Ask Advisor30To display any of these information:301. Click Ask Advisor from the First Aid main screen.302. Select the source you want to view.303. Click Back if you want to return to the previous screen and select another source.30Discover Pro30The Discover Pro Window31Figure 21. Discover Pro main window31Undelete323 Clean and Optimize33QuickClean Lite33DiskTune34Using DiskTune to Defragment or Consolidate a Disk34Active Tune35Frag Before column displays the fragmentation level prior to using Active Tune36Figure 31. Active Tune dialog box361. Click the Active Tune tab in the McAfee Utilities Properties dialog box.362. Check Enable McAfee Active Tune.363. Select the drive you want Active Tune to work on.364. Click Apply when finished.36Registry Wizard374 Prevent and Protect39Crash Protector39Recovering from an Application Error39Figure 41. Crash Protector dialog box40Recovering a crashed, locked-up, or hung application40To unlock a locked program:401. Hold down the CTRL and ALT Keys and simultaneously press the DELETE key (sometimes labeled DEL).402. Select the application that has stopped responding.413. Click End Task to have CPR close the program, or click Reactivate to have CPR try to reactivat...41To attempt to recover your work:411. Use Explorer to make a backup copy of the open document you were working with in the application.412. Click the Reactivate button in the Crash Protector box.413. Attempt to save your work in the application.414. Exit the application immediately and restart Windows.41WinGauge41Working With Gauges42Trash Guard42Specifying Trash Guard Properties42Safe & Sound43Protected Volume Files (The Ultimate Backup Protection)43How Safe & Sound Creates Automatic Backups445 Secure and Manage45EZ Setup45PGP46McAfee Shredder47Shredding Selected Files48McAfee Zip Manager Wizard48McAfee Zip Manager Wizard49Advanced McAfee Zip Manager49Using Zip Manager Wizard49Using Advanced McAfee Zip Manager50Registry Pro51Registry Pro enables you to:51McAfee Task Master51To use Task Master521. Press Ctrl +Alt +Delete from your keyboard and the McAfee Task Master dialog box is displayed.52Figure 51. McAfee Task Master dialog box522. Through the text box, it displays all the applications currently running on your computer.523. Select the application and click the button corresponding to the appropriate action you want t...52To activate or create configurations53A Product Support55Product information55Customer service55Technical support56Support via the Web56Telephone support numbers56Index57A57Active Tune 12, 3357B57Backing up & Restoring the Registry 3857Backup 4357Backups57C57Check-Up57Clean and Optimize 18, 3357Configuration Assistant 16 to 1757Crash Protector 12, 3957D57defragment files 3457Discover Pro 12, 1957Disk Minder 1957Disk Repair 1157Disk Tune57DiskTune 3357E57EZ Setup 12, 4557F57FAT (File Allocation Table) 4757File57First Aid 12, 19, 2857fragmentation 3457H57Help 1757M57McAfee Image 11, 19, 2257McAfee Shredder 13, 4757McAfee Task Master 1357McAfee Utilities Central 1757McAfee Utilities central 1757McAfee Zip Manager 13, 4857mcafee-at-home.com 1757P57PGP 1357Prevent and Protect 18, 3957Protected Volume57Q57QuickClean Lite 12, 3357R57Registry Pro 1357Registry Wizard 12, 33, 3757Repair and Recover 18 to 1957Rescue Disk 1957S57Safe & Sound 39, 4357Secure and Manage 18, 4558T58Task 5158Task Master 13, 5158Trash Guard 12, 39, 42 to 4358U58Undelete 12, 3258Utilities58W58Windows58WinGauge 12, 39, 4158Z58zip files 4858Size: 428 KBPages: 60Language: EnglishOpen manual