I just visited two Wal Mart stores and seen both Norton Security and Norton Security with Back Up. On the back of the box showed 2 barcodes. (1) Purchase and (2) Activate product. I asked the Wal Mart employee if I bought the product is the product activated at check out and do my days start counting. Her reply was yes. Is this true? If it is, what about when someone wants to buy Norton for a Christmas, Birthday...... present early, they will be losing days. Please tell me this isn't true about activation at checkout in stores!