Re: mstask.exe

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Thanks - but doesn't that defeat my objective of having an automatic
liveupdate running in the background that I don't have to go and manually
update all the time...

"John John" wrote:

Disable Norton auto-update features, go in the Norton programs and set
these to "Manual".

John

Nook wrote:
I read http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/mstask.exe.html which
seemed to confirm that I don't need mstask.exe anymore.

However, Norton are insisting that I need it to run their Symantec Netdetect
task which looks to see if there's an Internet connection and when there is
it launches LiveUpdate.

I have not been getting LiveUpdates and have tried to get to the bottom of
it - I seem to be going round in circles - MS tell me I don't need mstask.exe
and Norton tell me I do.

Any ideas please? Thanks, Nook

"David Candy" wrote:


That's right.

Ask Norton about Norton's.
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"Nook" <Nook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3497346E-5F3F-4280-8165-29117AEB829D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi David,

Does that mean mstask.exe shouldn't exist now in XP?

Does that mean there should be an .app file?

What is the (basic) difference between the new XP "Services" that I have and
the old 9x "Task scheduler" (that I still have in XP!)?

I'm a bit confused as to whether I should have Windows/ Norton/etc
liveupdates as services or scheduled tasks (I can't find them in either by
the way)?

Thanks for your help with this...


"David Candy" wrote:


XP works differently. 9x doesn't have services, so it's an app that acts as a service.

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"Nook" <Nook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E7651265-9646-48E5-8412-64D8DB53DFBE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

What is mstask.exe and what does it do?

Why can I not find it on my new pc (I have included hidden and system files
in my search)?

Should I worry that I do not have it?




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