My subscription expires in 2 months. What I want to know is if I purchase a new subscription instead of going through the links for a renewal, will I lose my two months and the items I have in backup? I would like to take advantage of some of the current deals (and also buy while I have the $$$ which I may not in January. I realize that with most companies they'd just let you buy when there is a special and then tack on the new subscription, but Norton makes such a big deal about renewal that I think they only want us to get the benefit of a good deal once - anyone else have any thoughts on this?