Figure 1.1 - Find the icon* in the system tray.

Once you find the Antivirus Icon in the system tray, if you double click it, you'll get the main Antivirus Client window, shown in figure 2.

*this is what the icon looks like for the version you can get from PSU, you might have another version that was already installed on your computer, we can replace it with this version if yours is out of date.

Figure 1.2 - the lower right part of the Antivirus Client window

This is part of the window that will open after you double click the icon in the system tray. You should be concerned with the lower right corner, where it is circled. The "Version" listed is the date of the virus definitions you are currently using. If this is out of date (by more than a couple days) then you should go ahead and click the "LiveUpdate..." button.

Figure 1.3 - the LiveUpdate window

From this window, you just click "Next" and LiveUpdate will check to see if there are any virus definition updates or updates for the Antivirus Client program itself. If it finds anything you just continue to click "Next" and it will download and install them on its own. Then just click "Finish" when it's done. Your Symantec Security Client should now be up to date and protecting your from the latest virus threats.

Figure 2.1 - getting to the Control Panel

To get to the User Accounts menu, you first have to go through the Start menu and to the Control Panel.

Figure 2.2 - The User Accounts button in the Control Panel

When you get to the Control Panel, you'll choose User Accounts from the right side of the window and it will open up a new window that is the User Accounts menu.

Figure 2.3 - Select your account from the list provided

In the User Accounts window, you'll find options on the left and on the top right. You want to look to the bottom where it says "or pick an account to change" and just click on the name of the account that you use with Windows.

Figure 2.4 - Choose what you want to do with your account

In this window you have a few options and a couple different things could be displayed here. If your account does NOT have a password it will say "Create a password" in place of "Change my password" and you will definitely want to click that. When you do, it will go through a series of screens that will help your create your password, they're pretty self-explainatory. Or, if you already have a password, you can select "Change my password" and change it to something else. Like the create menu, you'll be given a couple windows guiding your through making a new password.

Figure 3.1 - Control Panel view of Network Connections

In the Control Panel, you want to select "Network and Internet Connections" from the left part of the menu. This will open a new window listing your Network Connections.

Figure 3.2 - Find your "Local Area Connection"

In the Network Connections menu, you want to RIGHT CLICK on the Local Area Connections icon and select Properties from the menu. This will open another little window with the LAN properties in it.

Figure 3.3 - LAN Properties window

This is a top view of the LAN properties window, with the "General" tab selected by default. You will be selecting the Advanced tab from this window.

Figure 3.4 - Advanced LAN properties

The first item in the Advanced tab menu is the Internet Connection Firewall. Be sure that the box is checked and your firewall is now on! Since it's build into XP, it's pretty much already configured for you, no hassle.