About managing the Norton Ghost Agent through Windows Services

The Norton Ghost Agent is a Windows service that runs in the background.

It provides the following:

  • Locally running scheduled backup jobs, even when there are no users, or an unprivileged user, logged on to the computer

  • Allows administrators to remotely back up computers throughout an enterprise from Norton Ghost running on another computer.

To use the features of Norton Ghost, the Norton Ghost Agent must be started and properly configured. You can use the Windows Services tool to manage and troubleshoot the agent.

Note:

To manage the Norton Ghost Agent, you must be logged on as a local administrator.

You can manage the Norton Ghost Agent in the following ways:

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