Annoying Subscription Problem

For a subscribed user, getting the subscription alert is rather annoying... and worrying at times...

 

When I bring my laptop to work on a place without wifi or internet access, it is rather unfortunate for me should NIS:

- decide to check my subscription

- detect no internet connection

- deactivate my product

 

(this is what I guess of how subscription verification works)

 

I work with multimedia, so plugging in other people's USB drive or external HD is the norm for me.  When NIS deactivates itself, what can I do but to hope the devices I plug into my laptop are clean?  I have MBAM installed, but it doesn't cover everything and takes time to scan.  This is crucial as I need to work as soon as windows finishes its startups.

 

When I have internet connection, I still get the deactivation/subscription alert randomly.  I understand this might be due to a temporary connection problem to Symantec's server, but getting a deactivation upon starting up is a problem I faced since NIS2010 (links below).

 

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/Activation-Bug/m-p/209673

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/How-does-NIS-Subscription-Verification-work/m-p/241300

 

Can NIS be programed to recheck for subscription after the first attempt failed, say a 15min delay if there's a internet connection, and a 1 day delay if there's no internet connection detected?  Make it so that it won't decide to deactivate itself after just 1 attempt.