Operation Manual

1.4.9 Help menu

The Help menu allows you to open the program's Help, perform certain operations, view product's

build number, etc. To open the menu, click the question mark icon at the upper-right corner of the

program screen. The Help menu contains the following items:

 Help - opens the program's Help.

 Generate system report - click to generate an Acronis system report for sending to Acronis

Customer support.

 Customer support - takes you to Acronis Customer support Web page.

 Check for updates - click to check for Acronis True Image Home 2012 updates (you can also

disable or enable automatic checking for updates by selecting or clearing the Automatically

check for updates at startup check box).

 Activate - click to activate the product.

 Change serial number - click to change the serial number of the product.

 Upgrade to full version - click to buy the full version of the product if you are using the trial

version.

 Acronis Web site - takes you to the Acronis Web site.

 About Acronis True Image Home - shows information about Acronis True Image Home 2012

including the product's serial number and build number.

1.4.10 Installing Acronis Hotfixes

What is an Acronis Hotfix?

Acronis Hotfix is a small update for Acronis products. It makes changes to one or more application

files or registry keys but does not change an application version. A hotfix targets only a specific

Acronis True Image Home 2012 build, and cannot be applied to any other build.

Acronis Hotfixes are distributed through Acronis Knowledge Base articles, which describe the

problem to be fixed in detail. Each article can be accessed through SER or directly by searching

Acronis Knowledge Base.

Advantages of installing Acronis Hotfixes:

 Hotfix installation does not require much time and resources. You do not need to wait until the

next product update to fix a particular issue.

 A hotfix package is much smaller than the product installation package, though it may include

files from previous hotfixes for consistency.

 You can install only necessary hotfixes, if several hotfixes are available.

All changes from hotfixes released between updates will be included in the new product versions (updates or

upgrades).

How to install Acronis Hotfixes?

To check whether new Acronis Hotfixes are available, click Check for updates from the Help menu. A

list of available hotfixes for the current build will be displayed in a table, where you can select those

you want to install. When you select an Acronis Hotfix, its release notes (changes and enhancements

to be applied to the product) will be displayed below.