Re: Power Options Properties

I can't comment on Windows Defender since I don't use the
program. As for the free edition of AVG, the following works on
my system running version 7.5.

Go to Control Panel and double click Scheduled Tasks.
Double click "Add Scheduled Task".
Hit the Next button.
In the Applications box, click on AVG Test Center.
Hit the Next button.
Select how often and when you want the scan to run.
Enter your password twice.
Note: By default, Task Scheduler requires that the account the
task is running under must have a non-blank password. There are
ways around this but I wouldn't advise using them.
Hit the Next button.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Open advanced properties
for this task when I click Finish".
This should bring up the Properties *** for this task.
On the Task page, look next to Run. You should see something
like C:\Progra~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe.
Click in this box and hit the space bar.
Now enter the following after avgw.exe.

/test=test plan in basic mode

The entire command should end up looking similar to this. Note
the space between avgw.exe and /test.

C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe /test=test plan in basic mode

Next, click on the Settings tab.
At the bottom, put a check mark in the box next to "Wake the
computer to run this task".
Click OK.

Note: If you have AVG Pro, you can configure custom designed
scans to run. To schedule one of those scans you would simply
change what's entered after /test= to point to the name of your
custom scan.

Keep in mind that if you don't find a way to run Defender when
your computer is on standby, there are workarounds. The
easiest would be to schedule a simple task that will wake up
the computer right before you want to run the scan. Something
as simple as opening and closing a command prompt window,
cmd.exe /C, will suffice as long as you configure the task to
wake the computer on the Settings page.

Good luck

Nepatsfan




In news:O0GE%23KF5HHA.3716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
ralph <ralph_epstein_ct-no-spam-@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Nepatsfan:
Thanks for your reply. Here's some more detail. Right now I
have configured
AVG Anti-virus and Windows Defender to do scheduled scans
late at night. I
have done this from each application and it all works well if
I leave the
PC running and do not go into a standby state. If I go into a
standby state,
the scheduled scans do not run (presumably Windows does not
wake up).
Do I need to do my scheduling through "Scheduled Tasks"
rather from the
application if I have the PC go into a standby state. If
this is the case,
would I need to know how to pass the appropriate parameters
so, for example,
I could choose whether to do a full scan or a quick scan from
Windows
Defender.
....rlaph

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In news:%23kCWCCA5HHA.1484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
ralph <ralph_epstein_ct-no-spam-@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am running WIN XP Pro. I have an Intel D865 mother board.

I find that if I set it up to automatically go into
"standby" after a
period
of inactivity, it will not wake up to do a scheduled task
(such as a
viral
scan). If this the way the operating system was designed or
do I have a
problem?
thanks....ralph

See if this helps.

Go to Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks and right click the
task in
question.
Select Properties from the menu.
In the task's properties ***, click on the Settings tab.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Wake the computer to
run this task".
Click OK.

Good luck

Nepatsfan





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