McAfee not Installing on Windows 10
McAfee is the computer security software company. McAfee is an American based company and was known as McAfee Intel Security Group earlier. McAfee develops security tools for personal laptops and computer and now recently even for mobile phones as well. The products include McAfee antivirus, McAfee SiteAdvisor, McAfee E-Business Service to name a few. Similarly from many of its products McAfee antivirus scan is the most popular and widely used security software.
Many cases can be seen that hampers the working or installing of this virus scan. Here in this article, we shall explain you the reasons behind McAfee not installing and solution for it. Some of the reasons that can be stated as sometimes your windows may not be updated or the virus application is not up-to-date. After updating both windows and McAfee virus scan you can restart the system and check whether its working or not. If still the issue persists, then you can follow the steps below:
Step 1: Check whether Windows is up-to-date
Checking for updates helps to avoid McAfee software not working during the installation.
Click on the Windows search button and type “Windows update”.
If the windows are not updated then the prompt will appear to update the window.
Step 2: Download and run McAfee Pre-Install Tool
This step ensures the system to prepare for installation.
Download the Pre-Install Tool from McAfee and save the file to a temporary location.
Double click the pre-install file and follow the instructions and do read the warning dialogue box if prompted and press ok to continue.
After the installation is complete you can close the tool.
Step 3: You need to remove all the other security software to avoid any kind of hassle. As of them works in a different way and can make conflicts.
Step 4: You now need to install McAfee consumer tool
This step ensures the clean up of an older version of files and the smooth working of the McAfee application when installed. If you are still facing the issue then you can feel free to contact McAfee Antivirus Support Number. Sometime the older version of files may cause the issue to not install on windows 10.
After following the steps above you are ready to install the McAfee application in window 10.
