Do you need to make a norton account to activate a store bought version of NIS

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i bought one last year and got a family member to install it for me (just to give them something to do lol) but another family member asked me if they needed to make a  norton account if they bought NIS or if they could just enter the serical key i told them its free but they said they dont want to be bother with emails. idk

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To activate your Norton product, the owner of the key will have to have a Norton Account. The only emails that will be sent are regarding the Account activity. ie When the subscription is about to expire, there will be a warning.

 

 

 

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you dont need a account to download the trial verion of nis could you just enter the key or would it ask to make a account to register the key.

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I'm not sure you need an account to activate NIS, but they will need an account to use the online vault.

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androidcool wrote:

you dont need a account to download the trial verion of nis could you just enter the key or would it ask to make a account to register the key.

When you go to enter the key, it will ask for a Norton Account email and password. I'm not sure, but I think it will check the key to see if there is already an account related to it. If there is no account connected to the key, a new Norton Account would be set up. If there is, I would imagine there will be an error message.

 

If you try this, can you post back to let us know whether this is correct or not.