Setting Advanced Options in the McAfee Online Backup Backup Software for Windows

You may change settings for the McAfee Online Backup backup software to enable certain features or to see more information from it. If you cannot change settings, you may be able to resolve this issue yourself.

  1. Open the Settings window.
  2. If prompted, enter your username and password.
  3. Click Options, then click Advanced.
  4. Change settings, selecting or deselecting any of them.
    Automatically update the client software without prompting me Automatically installs any updates as soon as they are released.
    Automatically log me in to the Settings window and to my online account Saves your username and password. Use of this option means you do not need to log in when you:
    • open the Settings window.
    • click Access your files online either on the Restore tab on the Settings window, or on the Backed up files window, or from the McAfee Online Backup notification area menu.
    Show status when a backup completes Opens the Status window when a backup has completed.
    Show all pre-configured backup sets Shows every possible default backup set on the Backup Sets tab, regardless of whether any files on your computer could be selected by them.
    Show advanced backup set features Lets you define a backup set that prevents files from being backed up, rather than includes files to back up.
    Show the virtual drive in Computer Displays the virtual drive, McAfee Online Backup, when you open My Computer.
    Show the restore option on the right-click menu in Windows Explorer Displays the Restore Files in Folder entry in the right-click menu in Windows Explorer.
    Enable support for backing up open files Lets you back up both open and locked files. This is not available on systems that do not have an NTFS-formatted drive, or on Windows 2000.
    Enable support for backing up EFS encrypted files Lets you back up files that have been EFS encrypted.
    Note: You cannot use Local Backup local backup for EFS encrypted files. To use Local Backup local backup, you must deselect any EFS encrypted files from your backup set.
    Allow backup and display of protected operating system files Displays the C:\Program Files and C:\Windows folders to allow selection of files within them for backup. When this option is not selected, no files in these folders are backed up. Hiding these folders assists users in making wiser backup choices.
    Show more details in Status window Displays additional information about your backup or restore in the Status window such as the number megabytes.
    Language Choose the language for the McAfee Online Backup backup software.
    Note: To completely apply the change, the backup software will restart.
  5. Click OK. Your changes are saved and the Settings window closes.
Next Steps:

Backups cannot happen unless your computer is turned on and connected to the Internet and not in hibernation, sleep, or standby mode.

Parent topic: Changing or Customizing McAfee Online Backup
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