Hi:
I'm currently running NIS2010 on an 9 year old XP machine that is giving up the ghost, and have purchased a new computer running Windows 7.
I want to set up NIS on that computer and think I understand basically what to do, but I want to make sure that get this correct, so I'd appreciate any additions or corrections to the following plan. (Based on what I could find searching this forum -- thank you very much!)
First: it looks to me (from the posts on this forum) that NIS2012 is mature enough now to go ahead and install it, rather than a previous version. Do you agree?
I also understand that I'll be able to use the product key from my NIS2010 product (3-user license, only one in use currently), to register the NIS2012 product. Yes?
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So, here is my plan:
> on old computer (nis10):
print out product key, have available
backup identity save to an idsafe.npm file
download latest nis12.exe from www.norton.com/nis12 = NIS-ESD-19-5-1-2-EN.exe
> put both files on a usb drive for transfer to new computer
> on new computer (setup nis12):
(do not plug in ethernet connection before install of nis12)
install NIS 2012 from NIS-ESD-19-5-1-2-EN.exe
(install NIS by right mouse clicking on it and selecting Run as Administrator)
when asks for product key, plug in ethernet connection and enter key
(>>> this is one point I have questions on:
will it put up a dialogue box and ask, and wait until the ethernet connection is live?
will just plugging in the ether net cable be enough (on a new computer) to get a live connection?
if I have to reboot, will that mess up the install?)
after successfully getting nis12 registered,
update NIS and keep running live update until says no more updates / then reboot
(should be version 19.5.0.145 or 19.5.1.2 finally)
then do windows updates until up to date
(another point of questions:
will windows update start running immediately when I have a live internet connection,
and will that interfere with the nis12 updates?
should I wait until windows updates are finished before updating nis12?)
once nis12 and win7 are all updated:
setup identity safe and import backup from old computer
(from NIS main UI->Settings->Web->Log in to identity safe->Import data)
(point it to idsafe.npm retrieved from old computer)
finally, download and install latest versions of firefox, chrome
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If you have actually gotten through all this, thanks very much.
I'd appreciate any changes or additions you might suggest.
Thank you,
-- Harvey