Norton Safety Minder is not running

I downloaded Norton Safety Minder yesterday, and I've had nothing but problems.  First, it was telling me that the version I had installed was old...but I had just downloaded it for the first time that day.  Now it is not giving me that message, but saying that:

 

"Norton Safety Minder is not running. This could be caused by a problem with the program, or else a user may have shut down a Norton Safety Minder Component.  Please restart the computer."

 

Well I tried restarting the computer.  No luck.  No one has shut down a component.  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it several times with no luck.  Why won't it start working?