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delia todd

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• Jul 15, 2013

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I have this set to run a scan on Monday mornings at 10am, but it never has done.

The icon appeared in brown on the task bar yesterday and when I clicked on it, it says I haven't run a scan for some time.

The information box says I last did a scan on the 29th June (which I had to do manually)

Anybody know why it's not running the scan on schedule?

 

Mono

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• Jul 15, 2013

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Do you have the "On but not in use" box ticked? It can sometimes get confused as to if the machine is in use.

 

delia todd

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• Jul 15, 2013

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Ah! Yes it is ticked Mono.

Does that mean I should untick it then? As the laptop is switched off overnight it's always 'in use' when I switch on in the morning.

 

Mono

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• Jul 15, 2013

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Yes untick it. If you notice a slow down in performance when the scan is running then you can use the drop down below to limit how much CPU it can use when scanning, but try it with the default 50% first.

 

delia todd

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• Jul 15, 2013

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Thanks Mono

 

delia todd

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #6

Just an update... it's scanning fine now, thanks Mono and I (didn't notice any slow down (yet anyway LOL).