User Guide

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Getting Started 21
3Using Student Survival Kit
McAfee’s Student Survival Kit contains a suite of utility programs that cover
everyaspectofyourcomputer’s health, performance, and maintenance. Some
ofthetestsareveryspecificwhilemanyaremoregeneralandallowyouto
check your computer’s performance efficiency with one click of a button.
These utilities provide you with diagnostic, preventive, and security tools to
help maintain your PC’s health and well-being.
Student Survival Kit Home screen
Options
Configuration Assistant
This option is designed to assist you in activating and further customizing
how Student Survival Kit components should work on your computer. It
walks you through a series of configuration questions during the installation
process.
It includes configurations such as automatically scheduling tasks that a
component of the Student Survival Kit can perform on your computer. You
can also indicate how often a particular task should be performed.
After this interview is completed, a summary detail is displayed listing all of
the components that will be launched at startup so the you can see exactly
what features will be loaded after boot-up.
WinGauge
WinGauge is a dynamic reporting tool that constantly monitors your use of
Windowsandyourapplications,toalertyoutopotentialproblemsbeforethey
become serious.
Informationaboutyoursystem isdisplayedusinggauges.Youcanselectwhat
to monitor and the type of gauge to use. Most importantly, you can choose
when you want to benotified in theevent that your specified limits havebeen
reached.
WinGauge allows you to get into the habit of constantly monitoring your
system so you can take actions to prevent situations where errors could occur.