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How to Resolve McAfee Activation Error

by John Smith Technician

If you have installed McAfee Antivirus on your system and it isn’t working properly, you can easily fix it by yourself by making a few changes or can also get assistance from McAfee Activation help. A common problem may occur when the installation is successful but the antivirus fails to activate. This error can evolve whether you have subscribed online or offline. In both the cases, McAfee Activation Error can easily be fixed by following a simple procedure is less or more same for both. If you are among the people who have purchased the McAfee antivirus from a retail shop, you can follow these steps in order to resolve McAfee Activation Error.

McAfee Activation Process:

Step 1: Visit https://home.mcafee.com and enter your product key that is provided with the disk you have purchased

Step 2: Create a login ID or enter the registered one

Step 3: Click on the ‘My Account’ page

Step 4: On this current window, you will find your registered product. Click on the Download option or the link provided on the tab.

Step 5: Save the file to your desired local PC.

Step 6: Uninstall the existing McAfee product on your system as it could be the reason for the error.

· Windows 7: Go to the Control Panel and then click on Program & Features. Select the McAfee product and uninstall it.

· Windows 10: Go to settings and then click on System menu. Here you will see Apps & Features option on the left side of the window. By clicking on the Apps & Features option, you will see a list of apps and software in your system, click on the McAfee and uninstall it.

Step 7: Once the installation is done, run MCPR tool from links at the top of this page to clean-up the registry.

Step 8: Restart the Computer.

Step 9: Click on the installer/ Setup which was downloaded and saved previously in step 4, 5.

Step 10: This will complete the product installation (space depends upon your product version)

Step 11: Wait for the installation to complete and once it’s done, you don’t need any further activation.

While you perform these steps and face any interruption, you can directly connect tot McAfee.com/activate help number for further assistance.


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About John Smith Senior   Technician

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Joined APSense since, September 8th, 2017, From USA, India.

Created on Dec 27th 2017 05:15. Viewed 473 times.

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