McAfee UTILITIES 4.0 User manual

McAfee Utilities
User’s Guide
Version 4.0

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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
McAfee Utilities Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Chapter 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
What You Need Before Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
McAfee Utilities Quick Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
McAfee Utilities Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
McAfee Utilities Configuration Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
McAfee Utilities Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Chapter 2. Repair and Recover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Disk Minder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Creating and Reverting to an Undo File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Using Disk Minder to Auto Fix Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Using Disk Minder to Report Errors Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Disk Minder Summary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Interactively Fixing Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
McAfee Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Creating an Image of Your Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Setting Image Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Restoring Drives From an Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Rescue Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Using a Rescue Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Disk Minder in DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Image/Restore in DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
SysRecover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Recover Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Unformat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Undelete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Using CheckUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

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Using Universal Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Using Ask Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Discover Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
The Discover Pro Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Undelete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 3. Clean and Optimize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
QuickClean Lite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
DiskTune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Using DiskTune to Defragment or Consolidate a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Active Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Registry Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Chapter 4. Prevent and Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Crash Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Recovering from an Application Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Recovering a crashed, locked-up, or hung application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
WinGauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Working With Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Trash Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Specifying Trash Guard Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Safe & Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Protected Volume Files (The Ultimate Backup Protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
How Safe & Sound Creates Automatic Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Chapter 5. Secure and Manage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
EZ Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
PGP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
McAfee Shredder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Shredding Selected Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
McAfee Zip Manager Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
McAfee Zip Manager Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Advanced McAfee Zip Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Using Zip Manager Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Using Advanced McAfee Zip Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Registry Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

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Appendix A. Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Support via the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Telephone support numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
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Preface
About This Manual
Thank you for purchasing McAfee Utilities, a suite of very powerful yet
easy-to-use Windows software utilities. McAfee Utilities helps you keep your
PC working at optimum efficiency and speed. You can diagnose and repair
your system and application software; create a recovery disk and image
snapshots of critical sectors of your hard drives; avoid lost data during
application crashes; automatically or interactively create backup sets; back up
protected volume file which makes your data recoverable when it otherwise
would not be.
From the moment you install McAfee Utilities, it begins protecting your PC.
First, by guiding you to create a recovery disk that you can use later if
problems arise; Second, by activating Crash Protector, which immediately
protects you against losing unsaved information in the event that an
application crashes; Next, you’ll want to use Safe & Sound to create a backup
set of yourdrives’ valuable datathat you can restore incase any unrecoverable
problems arise.
After repairing and protecting your system, you’re ready to use other McAfee
utilities to clean and optimize, prevent and protect, as well as secure and
manage your information.
NOTE: This User’s Guide contains general information on the
components of McAfee Utilities and how it works. For more complete
step-by-step instructions on how to perform particular tasks on any of
the utilities, refer to the available online Help files. You can also refer to
the Readme.txt file for any additional information that may not have
been included in this manual.
McAfee Utilities Overview
McAfee Utilities is made up of these suites of utility programs:
Repair and Recover
•DiskMindersafely, easily, and quickly diagnoses and repairs existing or
potential disk problems.
•McAfee Image saves an “image” copy of critical disk information in a
file, and restores the image later if your disk is corrupted.

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•Rescue Disk creates a custom rescue disk that you can use to boot up the
PC and begin recovery if you can’t start from the system hard drive.
•FirstAidquickly examines areas of your computer for any problems that
can be automatically fixed at the click of a button.
•Discover Pro shows a wealth of information about your hardware and
software. It also lets you run diagnostics and benchmark tests.
•Undeletelets you undelete files that you have recently deleted from your
hard drive.
Clean and Optimize
•QuickClean Lite enables you to get rid of unused files and invalid
shortcuts.
•Disk Tune improves your PC’s performance by defragmenting, or
rearranging, files or consolidating free disk space on the hard disk for
maximum efficiency.
•Registry Wizard guides you through easily maintaining,
troubleshooting or repairing the Registry database.
•Active Tune reduces drive fragmentation in real-time. It ensures your
drives are automatically defragmented.
Prevent and Protect
•Crash Protector protects your Windows system from application failure
and crashes.
•WinGauge graphically tracks system memory, resources, drives, and
performance in real time, providing advance alerts and warnings.
•Trash Guard protects all the files you delete, even files deleted in DOS or
in 16-bit Windows applications, by sending them to the Recycle Bin.
•Safe & Sound lets you create automatic or interactive backups of
selected drives, directories, files or file types. You can back up to a
protected volume file (a separate area on the drive). A protected volume
file contains information about each file in every sector to ensure that
files can be recovered even if the hard drive’s directories and data are
severely damaged or lost. You can also create mirror backups that
instantly back up data as you save it, make backups after a time delay
when the PC is idle, or create manual backups.
Secure and Manage
•EZ Setup lets you customize the Windows desktop, startup programs,
icons, startup and close screens, and so on.

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•PGP encrypts sensitive files so unauthorized people cannot access them.
•McAfeeShredderpermanently deletes filesso they cannot be restored or
rebuilt, and “security wipes” free disk space.
•McAfee Zip Manager easily creates compressed ZIP files, or unzips
existing ZIP files.
•Registry Pro lets you manually troubleshoot, edit, and repair the
Registry database.
•McAfee Task Master allows you to monitor and handle programs and
processes that are running on your computer as well as keeping track of
your PC’s performance. It also allows you to customized your PC’s
startup configurations.

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1Getting Started
What You Need Before Starting
To use McAfee Utilities, you need:
• CD-ROM drive
• 32 MB (megabytes) of RAM (random access memory)
• 100 MB of available hard drive space
• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME
• Pentium or a higher CPU (Central Processing Unit)
ÐTIP: This guide assumes you know the basics of using Microsoft
Windows. You should know how to point, click, double-click, and drag.
You should also know how to choose commands from menus, select
options in dialog boxes, and enter, select,and edit text.See your Microsoft
Windows User’s Guide for details
McAfee Utilities Quick Install
To install McAfee Utilities:
1. Insert the McAfee Utilities CD into the CD-ROM drive.
The McAfee Utilities installer should autoplay (go to step 3), but if it
doesn’t go to step 2.
2. Double-click the My Computer icon, the McAfee Utilities icon and the
Setup.exe or Setup icon.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to supply the requested information.
McAfee Utilities Quick Start
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To start McAfee Utilities Central:
Click the Start button on the taskbar; select Programs >McAfee Office
>McAfee Utilities.
The McAfee Utilities Central window appears.
NOTE: During the setup installation, you can create a McAfee Utilities
icon on your desktop. This will also enable you to quickly start McAfee
Utilities by double-clicking the icon.
McAfee Utilities Configuration Assistant
When using McAfee Utilities for the first time, you will be ask a series of
questions via the Configuration Assistant interview wizard. This will assist
you in customizing how you want some of its components to work on your
computer. Follow through the succeeding screens and indicate your
preference.
If at a later time, you would want to change settings that you have indicated
via this interview wizard, you can rerun Configuration Assistant again. Click
Options from McAfee Utilities Central and select Configuration Assistant to
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McAfee Utilities Central
Figure 1-1. McAfee Utilities central
The McAfee Utilies Central is your entry point to the various components of
McAfee Utilities.
The following features/buttons are displayed:
•ClickHelp to launch the McAfee Utilities online Help file from the
drop-down menu, or select About to display product information such as
version number.
•ClickUpdate to do a one-step process of searching for software updates.
•ClickMcAfee on the Web to visit the McAfee Web site at
www.mcafee-at-home.com
•ClickOptionsand fromthe drop-down menu: select Settings to displaythe
McAfee Utilities Properties window customize how you want McAfee
Utilities components to work on your computer; or Configuration
Assistant to run the interview wizard.

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•ClickRepair and Recover to work on the different utilities you can use to
protect PC’s system software and data.
•ClickClean and Optimize to work on the different utilities you can use to
optimize and maintain your PC to ensure you always get the maximum
performance.
•ClickPrevent and Protect to work on the different utilities you can use to
monitor programs running on your PC as well as create backups of selected
drives, directories, files or file types.
•ClickSecure and Manage to access the different utilities you can use to
customize the appearance and behavior of Windows; and how to quickly
and effectively archive information or exchange it with others.

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2Repair and Recover
As you use your computer, the information stored on the hard drive changes.
This happens when you save, modify or move documents as well as when you
install, update or uninstall programs. As the information changes, there is a
chance that critical information can become damaged.
In perfect circumstances, all programs coexist peacefully, store their data
exactly where they should, and always play by the rules. This doesn’t always
happen. The result can be missing files; orphaned shortcuts, fonts or registry
entries; inefficient Windows settings; or even corrupted data that can prevent
you from starting Windows, or worse yet, from starting your PC at all.
Use McAfee Utilities’ Repair and Recover utilities to help you resolve
problems with your PC’s system software and data.
•Disk Minder lets you diagnose and repair existing or potential problems
with your data and the surface of recordable disk drives (any drive that
allows you to save or write data to it).
•McAfee Image lets you save an “image” copy of critical disk information
in a special file, and restore that image file later if you need to repair or
recover the disk’s information.
•Rescue Disk lets you make a Rescue disk for your computer that you can
use to boot up your PC—if you can’t start from the system hard drive—and
begin recovery of your system. Rescue Disk also supports Zip100 and
Zip250 drives that enables you to create, system permitting, a Zip Rescue
Disk and boot with it.
• First Aid quickly examines areas of your computer for any problems that
can be automatically fixed at the click of a button.
•Discover Pro shows a wealth of information about your hardware and
software. It also lets you run diagnostics and benchmark tests.
•Undelete lets you recover files that you’ve recently deleted—even after
you’ve emptied the Recycle Bin.
Disk Minder
Disk Minder lets you safely, easily, and quickly diagnose and repair existing
or potential problems with the disk drives where you save your valuable
application programs and data. With an increased support for large hard
drives, Disk Minder verifies, and can correct automatically or interactively,
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extended boot sector, compression structure, directory structures, file dates
and times, file names, and clusters. A cluster, the smallest measurement unit of
disk storage space, is typically four or more sectors on adisk. Disk Minder also
checks for non-ANSI and duplicate file names, and can verify the integrity of
the sectors on a disk by performing read/write tests of the entire recordable
surface area of the disk.
Why should you use Disk Minder instead of ScanDisk, when ScanDisk comes
with DOS and Windows?
• ScanDisk cannot correct the most serious errors, such as those with the
hard drive’s partition table or boot sectors.
• ScanDisk corrects the second most serious problems—cross-linked files,
and size errors—improperly, never actually fixing the error.
• ScanDisk misses many minor problems that can interfere with Windows
operations, such as duplicate files or non-ANSI files.
• Disk Minder can scan your disk in less than half the time it takes ScanDisk,
making Disk Minder more convenient to use frequently.
When should you use Disk Minder? Immediately after a system crash or
whenever you receive a message telling you a file cannot be accessed for any
reason, you should use Disk Minder to verify the integrity of the disk
containing that file. The earlier you fix a disk problem, the less chance there is
of it causing a more serious problem down the road.
ÐTIP: When you use Disk Minder, always create an Undo file. Then if the
repairs cause anyunexpected or undesirable results,you canrevert to the
Undo file so the disk returns to its state before you ran Disk Minder.
You can use Disk Minder in three main ways:
•Fix Errors Automatically Using Default Values–If you are just getting
started using your PC, if you are uncertain about what errors you might
want to fix, or if you simply don’t have extra time to oversee the disk repair,
you can let Disk Minder fix any errors it finds for you. You can select either
the Fix Errors Automatically Using Default Values option in the Disk
Minder window, or the Auto Fix Errors option in the Disk Minder
Properties sheet. Both options make Disk Minder automatically fix errors.
During the repair,Disk Minder verifiesdata on theselected disks, andfixes
any problems it finds without asking your advice. If you decide to use this
option, you can start Disk Minder and leave it running while you’re away
from your PC, such as before you leave the office at night.