Your Symantec product prompts you to activate whenever the computer restarts

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Your Symantec product prompts you to activate whenever the computer restarts

Situation:
You installed a Symantec product and you completed the product activation successfully. However, whenever you restart the computer, you are prompted to activate the program again. If you enter the activation code each time, then after a number of restarts you see the message "The trial period has expired. This product has been disabled because you have not activated it."

Solution:
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Technical Information:
Product Activation is an anti-piracy technology designed to verify that Symantec software products have been legitimately licensed. For a description of the Symantec product activation feature, read the document FAQ: Symantec program activation.

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Document ID: 2003093015493306
Last Modified: 04/28/2006
Date Created: 09/30/2003
Operating System(s): Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Product(s): Norton AntiVirus 2004, Norton AntiVirus 2004 Professional, Norton AntiVirus 2005, Norton AntiVirus 2005 3 User License