McAfee TSA00M005PAA Installation Guide - Page 14

Configuring your browser, Installing the standalone installation agent

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Preparing to Install the Client Software Configuring your browser Task 1 In the Windows Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs. 2 From the list of programs, locate any firewall software. 3 Click Remove. NOTE: On computers running the Windows firewall, it is disabled automatically during installation of Total Protection Service. Configuring your browser The computer used to install Total Protection Service must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later installed. Total Protection Service works with the default security settings in Internet Explorer. Use this task to verify and configure your settings if you are unsure of them. NOTE: If on your administrative or client computers you typically use a non-Microsoft browser, such as Mozilla Firefox or Opera, you must install Internet Explorer before installing Total Protection Service. After the software is installed, you can continue to use your default Internet browser. You can access the SecurityCenter with Internet Explorer (version 6.0 or later) or Firefox (version 2.0 or later). Task 1 From the Windows Control Panel, open Internet Options. 2 On the Security tab, verify and change your security setting as needed, depending on your version of Internet Explorer: • Internet Explorer 7.x - Select Medium-high. • Internet Explorer 6.x - Select Custom Level, then from the Reset to menu, select Medium and click Reset. 3 Click OK. Installing the standalone installation agent To allow users without administrator rights to install Total Protection Service on client computers by using the URL method, you must first load a standalone installation agent on their client computers. NOTE: This task is not required unless you want users without administrator rights to install the client software. Use this task to install the installation agent with a deployment tool, such as Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) installer, Windows NT login scripts, or Tivoli IT Director, or by downloading it directly onto client computers. You must have administrator rights on the client computer to install this file. After the standalone installation agent is installed on a client computer, any user can install Total Protection Service client software on that computer. Task 1 From the SecurityCenter website, click the Help tab, select Utilities, then click installation agent to download the executable installation file for the agent. 14 McAfee Total Protection Service Installation Guide

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Task
1
In the Windows Control Panel, open
Add/Remove Programs
.
2
From the list of programs, locate any firewall software.
3
Click
Remove
.
NOTE:
On computers running the Windows firewall, it is disabled automatically during
installation of Total Protection Service.
Configuring your browser
The computer used to install Total Protection Service must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
or later installed. Total Protection Service works with the default security settings in Internet
Explorer. Use this task to verify and configure your settings if you are unsure of them.
NOTE:
If on your administrative or client computers you typically use a non-Microsoft browser,
such as Mozilla Firefox or Opera, you must install Internet Explorer before installing Total
Protection Service. After the software is installed, you can continue to use your default Internet
browser. You can access the SecurityCenter with Internet Explorer (version 6.0 or later) or
Firefox (version 2.0 or later).
Task
1
From the Windows Control Panel, open
Internet Options
.
2
On the Security tab, verify and change your security setting as needed, depending on your
version of Internet Explorer:
Internet Explorer 7.x — Select
Medium-high
.
Internet Explorer 6.x — Select
Custom Level
, then from the
Reset to
menu, select
Medium
and click
Reset
.
3
Click
OK
.
Installing the standalone installation agent
To allow users without administrator rights to install Total Protection Service on client computers
by using the URL method, you must first load a standalone installation agent on their client
computers.
NOTE:
This task is not required unless you want users without administrator rights to install
the client software.
Use this task to install the installation agent with a deployment tool, such as Microsoft Systems
Management Server (SMS) installer, Windows NT login scripts, or Tivoli IT Director, or by
downloading it directly onto client computers. You must have administrator rights on the client
computer to install this file. After the standalone installation agent is installed on a client
computer, any user can install Total Protection Service client software on that computer.
Task
1
From the SecurityCenter website, click the
Help
tab, select
Utilities
, then click
installation
agent
to download the executable installation file for the agent.
Preparing to Install the Client Software
Configuring your browser
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