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View Connection Keep Alive status

After you have used Connection Keep Alive for the first time, you can view whether it is enabled or disabled in the following ways:

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When it is disabled, the Connection Keep Alive

Windows system tray icon has a small X.

If Norton Tray Manager is in your computer’s

Windows system tray, hold the mouse cursor over the

Norton Tray Manager icon until the Connection Keep

Alive icon pops up. A tooltip displays its status.

In the Connection Keep Alive main window, the

Connection Keep Alive panel indicates its status as

ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled).

Set Connection Keep Alive options

You can specify if Connection Keep Alive should start when Windows starts, the level of activity it uses, the

Web sites to which it sends signals, and when to stop sending signals. You can access Connection Keep Alive options from the Norton SystemWorks main window or from the Windows system tray.

To set Connection Keep Alive options from the main window

1 On the Options menu, click Web Tools.

2 On the Connection Keep Alive tab, change the settings. Your options are:

Automatically start with Windows

Connection Keep Alive is enabled when Windows starts.

Display splash screen on startup

Connection Keep Alive displays a splash screen when Windows starts.

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Keep Alive Level

Low/High

The frequency with which

Connection Keep Alive sends signals to (pings) its network.

For UDP and ICMP network communications protocols, the

Low or High settings can be used. For the HTTP communications protocol, only the High setting is used.

Network traffic destination

My Favorites

My Homepage

<ping.symantec.com>

When it simulates network traffic, Connection Keep Alive pings the Web sites in My

Favorites, My Homepage, the

Symantec Web site, or ping.symantec.com. You can replace ping.symantec.com with your own choice.

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If the Keep Alive Level is set to High, and you specify a different Web site to ping, be sure to include the HTTP prefix, for example http://www.myownurl.com

Simulate network activity every XX minute(s)

Connection Keep Alive sends a signal every 1, 2, 3, or more minutes, up to 15. The default is 1 minute.

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Disable when inactive for more than XX minute(s)

If there is no mouse or keyboard activity, Connection

Keep Alive disables itself after the indicated period.

Display timeout warning message

Connection Keep Alive displays a warning message before it disables itself after the scheduled number of minutes.

The message remains for a countdown of 60 seconds. If you respond to the message,

Connection Keep Alive remains active.

3 When you are finished, click OK.

To set Connection Keep Alive options from the

Windows system tray

1 In the Windows system tray, right-click the

Connection Keep Alive icon, then click

Connection

Keep Alive Options.

2 In the Connection Keep Alive Options dialog box, change the settings.

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OK.

Reverting your hard disk

Norton GoBack protects you from data loss by integrating into your computer’s operating system, recording all changes to your hard disk.

With Norton GoBack, you can:

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Revert your hard disk to a specific date and time

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Provide Norton GoBack protection to programs that require a special boot disk to get it started

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To be able to restore your computer to a past date and time, Norton GoBack must already be installed and enabled on your hard disk.

About Norton GoBack

Norton GoBack keeps track of every event that takes place on your hard disk and then allows you to revert - or

“go back” - to an earlier time if any errors or software problems occur. With Norton GoBack, you can easily back out of trouble, regardless of whether the problem was caused by you or by the software on your computer.

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Norton GoBack is not a replacement for the need to backup your files. Norton GoBack does not prevent data loss if your hardware actually breaks or if the data you desire was altered long ago. This is why a traditional backup routine is still important to maintain.

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