Norton for Dummies Book

Foreword

Introduction

About This Book

Following the Bouncing Ball

What to Ignore

Prerequisites

Preview of Coming Attractions

Part I: Doing Windows 95 with Norton

Part II: Norton Navigator

Part III: Norton Utilities

Part IV: Norton AntiVirus

Part V: The Part of Tens

Part VI: Appendixes

Icons Used in This Book

Are We There Yet?

Part I: Doing Windows 95 with Norton

Chapter 1: Windows 95 Boot Camp

Some Things Never Change

Windows 95 Basics

Taskbar

Start button versus Start menu

Explorer

Right-click

Browse

Properties

Shortcut versus target

Getting More from Windows 95

MS-DOS Concepts You Still Need to Know

Filenames

Wildcards

Chapter 2: How Norton Thinks

Help

Tapping in to Help

Choosing the right Help

Saying Yes to All

Righting a Column

Browsing for Folders or Files

Come file with me

A folder to cry on

Part II: Norton Navigator

Chapter 3: Norton Navigator Central Control

Greetings from the Navigator Control Center

Norton Taskbar

QuickLaunch

Desktops

Norton taskbar menus

QuickMenus

Run command

Documents menu

Control Panel command

Folder Navigator

Explorer Extensions

Adding pop-ups

Add to File Properties

SmartFolders

FileAssist

LFN Enabler

Indexing

Undo

Chapter 4: Norton File Manager Basics

What the Heck Is a File Manager?

Taking that XTree step

Starting File Manager

What are you looking at?

Making friends with the opening screen

Scratching the Surface

Dragging and dropping

Multiple windows

Dabbling in dialog boxes

Right-click fever

Exercising XTree Gold Mode

You are here now

Issuing orders

Making sacrifices

Chapter 5: Putting File Manager to Work

Finding Anything

Norton FastFind

One-click ways to find files and folders

SmartTabs

Viewing files

Highlighting: A Study in Green

Using the direct approach

Pulling the strings remotely

Taking Care of Business

Copying and moving

Deleting

Renaming

Creating folders

Compression and decompression

Going to the disk-o

Creating shortcuts

Someday my prints will come

Customizing 101

Short Attention Span Guide

Chapter 6: Operating the File Manager Tools

File Manager Tools

File Archive Wizard

Compare Files

Compare Folders

Synchronize Folders

UnDelete

Purge Deleted Files

Undo

Opening the Mystery Bag

Associate

Edit a file

Run a file

Customizing 201

An Applet a Day

Getting started with applets

The applets roll call

Command lines and shortcuts

Chapter 7: Amazing File Manager Tricks

FTP and What It Means to You

Using FTP the first time

Going visiting

When things go wrong

Creating a new FTP setup

Changing an FTP site

Uuencoding and Uudecoding

Decrypting and Encrypting Files

Part III: Norton Utilities

Chapter 8: Norton System Doctor

Making a Housecall

Making Sense of the Sensors

Battery Power

Cache Hits

Cache Memory Utilization

Cache Throughput

CPU Utilization

Current Date and Time

Disk Fragmentation

Disk Image Information

Disk Integrity

Disk Space

Disk Surface Test

DOS Memory

GDI Resources

Memory Load

Network Reads Throughput

Network Writes Throughput

Open Files

Physical Memory

Registry Key

Rescue Readiness

Selectors (16-bit)

Swap File Size

Swap File Utilization

Threads

User Resources

Virtual Memory

Windows Up Time

Installing and Using Sensors

Sensitizing sensors

Engaging the gauges

Activating the System Doctor

Launching System Doctor manually

Setting the System Doctor to start automatically

Making a shortcut to the System Doctor

Scheduling options

Responding to an Alarm

Writing Your Own Wellness Prescription

Short Attention Span Guide

Chapter 9: Image

Creating an Image File

Running Image

Ongoing imaging

Recovering a Bruised Image

Chapter 10: Rescue Disk

Making Your First Rescue Disk

Selection alternatives

Giving the go-ahead

Forgetting Something?

Updating Your Rescue Disk

Making your second rescue disk

Scheduling Options

Returning from the Brink

Getting your computer started

Using the recovery tools

Using the Rescue tool

Chapter 11: Space Wizard

Traveling with Space Wizard

Taking the Express

Cruising Comprehensive

And the winner is . . .

Space Wizard for MS-DOS

Launching Space Wizard for MS-DOS

Using Space Wizard for MS-DOS

Chapter 12: Speed Disk

Going on Cruise Control

Switching Optimization Methods

Full Optimization

Unfragment Files Only

Unfragment Free Space

Optimize Swap File

Choosing Cancel

Fine-Tuning the Engine

Getting the details

Changing the works

Scheduling Options

Final Tips

Chapter 13: System Information

Revving Up System Info

What You See Is What You Got

Common qualities

Taking the tab tour

Scheduling Options

Chapter 14: UnErase

Putting the Trash Back in Computers

A Green-and-Yellow Basket

Driving an UnErase Car

Summoning the UnErase Wizard

Introduction screen

Welcome screen

Find recently deleted files

Find all protected files

Beyond the bin

Putting a lid on it

Building a Better Trash Can

Finding Norton Protection

Going global

Changing appearances

Norton Protection

Using Open or Explore

Garbage In, Garbage Out

UnErasing Files: The MS-DOS Experience

Doing the UnErase mambo

Taking an UnErase shortcut

Unerasing directories

Going for a manual unerase

Chapter 15: Norton Disk Doctor

Getting a Checkup

Mending a Problem

Ungooking the Gobbledygook

Partition table

Boot record

File allocation table

Directory structure

Lost clusters

Compressed disk

Surface test

Customizing the Doctor

General

Appearance

Surface Test (another one)

Advanced

Scheduling Options

Disk Doctor Does DOS

Confronting errors

Scheduling options à la DOS

Chapter 16: UnFormat

UnBelievable UnFormat

Unformatting a Disk

Chapter 17: Norton Diagnostics

Plugging in to NDiags

Getting acquainted

Configuring Norton Diagnostics

Zigging, Zagging, and N-Diagging

Printing a Report

Scheduling Options

Chapter 18: When the Chips Are Down

Your Hard Disk Won't Boot

Emergency disks

Rescue disks

Beware the Booting Hard Disk

Sidestepping DOS start-up files

Dodging Windows start-up files

Troubleshooting 101

Is everything plugged in and turned on?

Are there any error messages?

What exactly isn't working?

Did it ever work?

Has anything on your computer changed recently?

How serious is this problem?

What were you doing before the bad thing happened?

Is there a utility that sounds like your problem?

Part IV: Norton AntiVirus

Chapter 19: Scanning for Viruses

RoboScanning

Scan It Now!

Examining a disk drive

Searching a folder

Testing a file

Taking a shortcut

Inoculating your files

Options -- Adding that Personal Touch

Scanner

Auto-Protect

Startup

Alerts

Activity Log

Exclusions

Inoculation

General

Using the Toolbelt

Virus List

Scheduler

Activity Log

Short Attention Span Guide

Chapter 20: Protecting Your Automatic Savings Plan

Turning Over a New Virus

Symantec BBS

America Online

CompuServe

Internet

Microsoft Network

Installing the Update

Finding the update

Finding Norton AntiVirus

Moving the update

Unzipping the file

Checking the update

Refreshing Your Rescue Disks

Creating rescue disks

Tying up loose ends

Chapter 21: Launching an AntiVirus Counterattack

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

Coming Back from a Shutdown

A gathering of tools

Write-protect your disks

Calling for help first

Restarting your computer

When nothing works

Chapter 22: Norton Program Scheduler

Opening Norton Program Scheduler

Scheduling Activities

Editing events

Adding events

Copying events

Deleting events

Exiting Scheduler

Adjusting the Picture

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 23: Ten Secret Things Nerds Do with Norton Navigator

Rearrange QuickLaunch Items

Change Folder Icons

Use the Function Keys

Put Applets Where You Need Them

Customize FileAssist

Change Properties

Use Special Sets

Use Command-Line Options

Make File Manager Load with Windows

Transform Dialog Boxes into Taskbar Icons

Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Bluff Your Way Through the Norton Utilities

Right-Click

Use Info Desk

Go with the Program

First, Do No Harm

Cancel a Command

Order Up a Rescue Disk

Use the Norton System Doctor

Follow the Lightbulb

Make the Ultimate Bluff

Learn a Few Norton Buzzwords

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A: Notes from the Front

Scheduling

Conflicting Responses

Getting the Latest Version

Norton Utilities

Norton Navigator

Norton AntiVirus

Getting the Latest FAQs

Backing Up the Registry

Disabling the Splash Screen

Norton Utilities

Norton Navigator

Hunting for Easter Eggs

Norton Utilities

Norton Navigator

Norton AntiVirus

Free! Free! Free!

Norton Navigator

Norton AntiVirus

Quick View Plus!

Separating File Manager from Navigator

Accessing Drive A

Warning for Norton Utilities Installation

Appendix B: Help from Symantec

Online Road Map

The Symantec BBS

CompuServe

America Online

Internet

Microsoft Network

Talking to Humans

Index

Reader Response Card