You can turn on repair shop mode to lock the files in your My Documents folder, and all your Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Microsoft Money files, and Intuit Quicken files.
It's a good idea to start repair shop mode when your device will be used by someone other than you.
 | Certain file types in My Documents can't be locked, including .amv, .mgv, .jnt, .jtp, .mov, .mpeg, .mpeg4, .exe, and .tmp.
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Log in to the
Anti-Theft Web Console.
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From any device, log in to
My Account using the email address and password you entered when you first created your account.
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From the
Device Protection tab, choose your device and click
Go to Web Console.
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Do one of the following:
To...
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Do this...
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Start repair shop mode
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1 | Make sure your device is in normal mode.
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2 | Click
Settings, and then click
Other settings.
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3 | Under
Repair shop mode, select
Start repair shop mode.
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4 | Click Save.
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 | It might take several minutes to save the changes to your device because your device must first connect to the Internet and then sync with your account. If you want to sync now, open
McAfee Anti-Theft from your device's desktop and click
Sync on the Home Page.
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Stop repair shop mode
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Click
Return to normal mode.
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