NIS2012 live update failure

New laptop.  New NIS pre-installed on computer.  Win 7, IE 9.  After unresolved problems on my main pc, I purchased a new HP laptop so I could transfer all pc's data to it, before I reboot the pc's hard drive.

So here I am trying to set this laptop up and utilize the NIS.  Activated the trial copy and tried to update.  The first try got around 40 updates.  I restarted the computer.  Tried Live Update again.  I ended up with a msg that it had failed.  Tried again resulting again in failure.

I now know that I have to repeatedly run the Live Update, restart computer, etc. until I am told there are no more updates.  But hey, I can't get this Norton product to do its job properly.

Ok guy/gal, just what is happening now?  Until I get this laptop up and running properly with all protections, I can't wqrk on my main pc's problem, supposedly caused by my not knowing I had to do clean installs of purchased Norton products.

 

But thanks to someone else's posted problem, I now know to buy the Norton product (same as currently using) and just reactivate the old with the bought package's KEY.  Exactly how to accomplish this proceedure I have not a clue, but I have 89 days left in which to find out. 

So, someone please help me with these two problems.

 

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