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- LiveUpdate (Version 1.64) README.TXT
- Copyright (c) 2001 Symantec Corporation July 2nd 2001
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- CONTENTS
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- This README.TXT file describes LiveUpdate from Symantec. The following
- topics are discussed:
-
- * About LiveUpdate
- * What's New?
- * Proxy Servers
- * Version Information
- * Running LiveUpdate
- * Updating LiveUpdate
- * Installing/Uninstalling LiveUpdate
- * Using AOL (America Online)
- * Using IBM Global Network
- * "Can Not Read The List of New Updates" with ZipMagic Installed
- * Technical Information
- * Known Issues
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- ABOUT LIVEUPDATE
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- LiveUpdate is the Symantec technology that permits an installed
- Symantec product to connect to a Symantec server over the Internet to
- check for program and other updates such as virus definitions and URL
- lists.
-
- When updates are available, LiveUpdate downloads them to your computer
- and installs them, keeping your Symantec software up to date.
-
- Certain types of content may require a subscription and so LiveUpdate
- will only download subscription content if a valid subscription is
- found on your machine.
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- WHAT'S NEW?
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- 1. Download redirection
- LiveUpdate now has the ability to download updates from the closest
- LiveUpdate host server. In many cases this server will be located on
- the same ISP network that you are connecting to. We expect that
- downloading updates using LiveUpdate v1.6 should be consistently faster
- than previous versions.
-
- 2. Windows 2000, Me and XP compatibility
- LiveUpdate v1.6 has been fully tested on the new Windows 2000 and Me
- platforms recently introduced by Microsoft. There are currently no known
- compatibility issues. In addition, we have tested LiveUpdate with many
- of the latest available builds of Windows XP and have not discovered any
- incompatibilities to date.
-
- 3. New User Interface (UI)
- LiveUpdate v1.6 has been redesigned with a new UI, which we think you
- will find clearer and more informative.
-
- 4. Logging and Error Reporting
- LiveUpdate now keeps a log of all its recent activity. This log file is
- located in the "All Users" application data folder on your machine. We
- have also added lots of new informative warning and error messages to
- make it easier for you to figure out when something has gone wrong.
-
- 5. The 'Update Now' button in the LiveUpdate control panel applet has
- been removed. If you wish to run LiveUpdate outside of a Symantec
- product you can now run 'LUALL.EXE' from the Start menu.
-
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- PROXY SERVERS
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- Most Internet users don't need to configure their computers to use a
- proxy server, however some ISPs and companies require you to connect to
- the Internet through a proxy server. So, we've made it easier then ever
- via a new Proxy tab in the LiveUpdate Control Panel.
-
- Note: If you do not know what a proxy server is, it may be best to set
- options using the Proxy tab only when instructed to do so by a network
- administrator.
-
- To configure LiveUpdate to use a proxy server, simply select the Proxy
- tab and then choose either the second or third radio buttons.
-
- The second radio button allows you to customize your proxy server
- settings and the third button tells LiveUpdate to use the same proxy
- server settings that you have setup for use with Internet Explorer.
-
- * Note: LiveUpdate uses HTTP by default.
-
- If your proxy server requires authorization for outside access, you can
- also enter a Username and Password for either FTP or HTTP (or both)
- proxy access. Please note that this is different from the username and
- password you use to connect to your Internet Service Provider (if you
- use one).
-
- If you have any difficulty configuring your proxy settings, contact
- your network administrator for assistance. Each network is different,
- so only they can help you with this step.
-
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- VERSION INFORMATION
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- To determine the exact version of LiveUpdate that you have installed on
- your machine, open Windows Explorer and locate the file luall.exe. This
- is usually located in the LiveUpdate client installation folder
- (\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate). Right click on this file and
- select Properties. On the Version tab the File version information will
- be listed.
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- RUNNING LIVEUPDATE
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- Most Symantec products, which use LiveUpdate, offer a LiveUpdate button.
- In Norton SystemWorks, for example, you can run LiveUpdate from the
- SystemWorks Integrator. This will automatically download updates for
- all Symantec products, which use our One Button Update technology. You
- can also run LiveUpdate from the folder created under the start menu by
- your Symantec product(s).
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- UPDATING LIVEUPDATE
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- Sometimes even the update program needs an update. LiveUpdate will
- automatically check to see if there are any available updates to itself
- each time it is run. It should update itself transparently (without
- any extra input), but in certain rare cases may require that you run
- LiveUpdate one additional time to complete your session after it has
- finished its update. If this is required, it will tell you.
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- INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING LIVEUPDATE
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- All Symantec products, which use LiveUpdate, install it themselves, but
- if you encounter a problem with LiveUpdate that you or Technical
- Support believe to be the result of an install problem or corrupted
- files, you can reinstall easily.
-
- To reinstall, locate LUSETUP.EXE on your system or download the latest
- version from the Internet at:
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- ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/liveupdate/updates/
-
- Once the file is on your system, double click the icon. You will be
- asked if you wish to install LiveUpdate. Answer yes, and it will
- automatically reinstall. Your previous settings will be saved, and you
- will still be able to run LiveUpdate from any Symantec product without
- further configuration.
-
- If you wish to uninstall LiveUpdate, please note that you will no
- longer be able to receive updates to your Symantec products. Your
- configuration information will also be removed so that when you
- reinstall, you may need to re-configure custom proxy settings or
- connection information.
-
- To uninstall LiveUpdate:
- 1. From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- 3. Select LiveUpdate from the list and then click Add/Remove.
-
- To reinstall LiveUpdate at any time, find the LUSETUP.EXE at the above
- URL and simply double-click it.
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- USING AOL (America Online)
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- Symantec has documentation in our online knowledgebase that can assist
- you in using LiveUpdate with America Online. Please go to the
- following URL to review this information:
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- http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/19982515512
-
- An important issue in configuring LiveUpdate to work with AOL is to
- first make sure you are using a Windows 95/98 version of the AOL
- software. Many free CD's that AOL makes available do not contain this
- version, but the Windows 3.x version instead. While that version can
- be run under Win 95 or 98, it will not provide you with the necessary
- 32-bit Internet connection that is required by LiveUpdate.
-
- To check this, go to the HELP menu in your AOL software, and choose the
- "About" option. If the screen does not say that it is a version for
- Windows 95 or Windows 98, then you have the incorrect AOL software
- installed.
-
- You can download the latest Win 95/98 version of the AOL software
- directly from AOL by going to this web page:
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- http://www.aol.com/downloadaol.adp
-
- Once you have verified the correct AOL software is installed, you may
- follow these steps to get LiveUpdate to work with an AOL connection.
-
- Note: if you are using AOL to connect to the Internet via your modem,
- LiveUpdate requires that a TCP/IP connection be established prior to
- launching LiveUpdate. Note that Symantec is not liable for any phone
- charges incurred when making this dial up connection.
-
- 1) Update to the latest release of LiveUpdate. Normally, LiveUpdate
- will automatically update itself. However, following the instructions
- in the section above titled "INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING LIVEUPDATE" will
- ensure that you have the most current version of LiveUpdate.
-
- 2) Click on the START button on your desktop, then select SETTINGS, and
- then CONTROL PANEL. Then double click on the LiveUpdate icon.
-
- 3) Next, click on the ISP tab. SELECT the option to "The Internet
- options in the Control Panel". If you do this, LiveUpdate will
- automatically use your already opened Internet connection.
-
- 4) Sign on to your AOL account. The AOL software will dial your AOL
- access phone number and make the Internet connection.
-
- 5) Once connected, launch LiveUpdate from your Symantec software. The
- software will then detect your already opened AOL connection, and use
- it to download any available Symantec software updates that you require.
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- USING IBM GLOBAL NETWORK
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- If you are already online with your IBM Global Network service you do
- not need to follow these instructions. The following information only
- applies if:
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- 1) You wish to use an IBM Global Network to connect to the Internet
- 2) You are not on-line when a LiveUpdate session is started
-
- If you are using the IBM Global Network Dial-Up Networking client to
- establish an Internet connection to enable LiveUpdate to connect to the
- Symantec LiveUpdate servers, you are required to have the following
- settings:
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- 1) From the Control Panel double-click on the LiveUpdate icon to open
- the LiveUpdate Settings Applet
- 2) Select the ISP tab
- 3) Select the "Customized settings for LiveUpdate" option
- 4) Within the "Use this Dial-Up Networking connection" section, select
- 'IBM Global Network'
- 5) Within the "User Name" field enter first the "Account" followed by
- either a period, "." or "\" and then the "User ID". IBM Global Network
- should have provided both the Account and User ID to you.
-
- i.e. Username: myaccount.myusername
- Password: mypassword
-
- 6) In the "Password" field enter the password as provided to you by IBM
- Global Network
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- "Can Not Read The List of New Updates" with ZipMagic Installed
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- LiveUpdate 1.6 is not compatible with the Zip Folders feature of
- Mijenix's ZipMagic. You may persistently receive "LiveUpdate can not
- read the list of new updates" while ZipMagic is installed. You can
- work around this problem by temporarily turning off the Zip Folders
- feature. To do so, right-click ZipMagic's "Zip" icon in the Windows
- Taskbar, then uncheck the "Show Zip Folders" item on the menu.
-
- To prevent the problem from occurring again, use the following steps to
- update ZipMagic's list of incompatible applications:
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- 1. Right click ZipMagic's "Zip" icon in the toolbar and choose
- "Properties" from the menu.
-
- 2. Click the "Zip Folders" tab on the left of the ZipMagic window.
-
- 3. Click the "Applications" tab on the bottom of the Zip Folders
- feature list.
-
- 4. To the right of the list box, click the "Add..." button to bring up
- the Add New Application dialog box.
-
- 5. Click the "Browse..." button to find the LiveUpdate program file.
-
- 6. Click the "Look in" drop-down list and choose the drive LiveUpdate
- is installed on (typically drive C). Double click the folders,
- "Program Files", then "Symantec", then "LiveUpdate". Then double-
- click the file "LuComServer.exe".
-
- 7. In the "Add New Application" window, click the "Add" button.
-
- 8. Click the "Done" button. (Be sure you've already clicked "Add"!)
-
- 9. In the ZipMagic window, click Ok to apply the change.
-
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- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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- LiveUpdate uses three possible methods, or transports, for retrieving
- updates and installing them.
-
- 1. HTTP
- We now use HTTP to download files from the Internet. This replaces FTP
- as our primary method for the following reasons.
-
- a: With the advent of the World-Wide-Web, HTTP is more widely used than
- FTP. More Internet Service Providers and corporations are configured to
- allow unrestricted HTTP transfers than FTP. This reduces the likelihood
- that you will need to configure LiveUpdate manually.
- b: Through switching to HTTP, LiveUpdate now offers Download Resumption
- via the Internet. If a LiveUpdate transfer is interrupted because of a
- severed connection to the Internet (due to line noise or call waiting,
- for example) or merely canceled, it can be continued the next time
- LiveUpdate is run.
- c: HTTP is slightly faster than FTP. Also, if the file that LiveUpdate
- uses to determine the availability of updates has not changed since the
- last time it was run, LiveUpdate can now detect it and avoid
- re-transferring it. This will make your LiveUpdate sessions faster than
- before.
-
- 2. FTP
- FTP is the backbone of file transfers on the Internet. If LiveUpdate
- is unable connect via HTTP, it will attempt to use the old FTP method
- automatically. FTP does not offer download resumption. Corporate
- customers may need to configure LiveUpdate to use an FTP proxy or to
- use FTP in passive mode (as discussed above), but the updates it
- downloads are identical to those retrieved via HTTP.
-
- 3. LAN (Local Area Network)
- Corporate customers may wish to create their own internal LiveUpdate
- servers to ease bandwidth usage.
-
- In addition to the previous three transports mentioned, corporate
- customers may configure a network server to provide the updates using a
- standard file copy operation. This may be faster and easier to
- configure than FTP or HTTP. More information about the LAN transport
- is available from within the LiveUpdate Administration Utility.
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- KNOWN ISSUES
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- 1. Some Symantec products provided a link to the LiveUpdate control
- panel entry from the start menu. These links may not work any longer on
- some systems. If you wish to configure LiveUpdate you should open the
- control panel and double-click on the LiveUpdate icon.
-
- 2. Some corporations distribute a LAN transport option with LiveUpdate.
- If LiveUpdate v1.6 finds this file in the same directory that it is
- being run from, it will search for a LAN entry in its settings file and
- use that transport instead on the FTP and HTTP transports.
-
- 3. Users of LiveUpdate with Norton Antivirus 2001 and later, should
- note that the Automatic LiveUpdate component may be configured to check
- for virus definition updates in the background. Normally, LiveUpdate will
- only do this when it detects an open Internet connection, however some
- devices, dialup routers for example, can be configured to create an
- Internet connection when they detect this activity. Users should note
- that this could result in unexpected connection charges.
-
- 4. Some "Ad Blocking" software products may deny LiveUpdate access to
- the file servers from which it downloads updates. If you are using this
- type of software you should disable it if you notice problems downloading
- LiveUpdate packages. Once you have finished with LiveUpdate you can
- re-enable the "Ad Blocking" software.
-
- 5. If you use defragmentation software and you use the Automatic
- LiveUpdate feature, you should note that this may cause the
- defragmentation software to restart every time Automatic LiveUpdate
- checks for an Internet connection (usually every 5 minutes). If you notice
- this behavior While defragmenting your hard drive it is suggested that you
- pause the task scheduler until defragmentation has completed.
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