Solve : MSSE scheduled scan erratic?

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Answer» I have Windows XP SP3 32-bit system - with MS Security Essentials scheduled scan set for 4.00 every day, yet often when I start, the MSSE icon warns me that my pc is potentially unprotected because a scan hasn't been run for some time, and I have to manually initiate a scan. The only other security programs I have are Windows Firewall and Malwarebytes (free VERSION), which I BELIEVE is compatible. The pc is switched off at the time of the scan. Advice as to why this should be would be appreciated.What do you mean the "pc is switched off at the time of the scan"? Do you mean it's powered off?If the computer is off at the scheduled scan time, the scan does not take place. Change your scan schedule to a time when you know your computer will be RUNNING or do it manually.Quote from: SuperDave on April 04, 2013, 12:09:02 PM If the computer is off at the scheduled scan time, the scan does not take place. Change your scan schedule to a time when you know your computer will be running or do it manually. Yeah, I was waiting to hear if that's in fact the case - but thanks Thanks for replies - When I said "switched off" I meant that the pc was turned off, as usual, at the end of a user session, not disconnected from the power supply. There is what I have always taken to be a standby light on the monitor and that is on all the time. ALSO the router connection to the internet seems to be working away whether the pc is on or off. I always thought that was to get updates and amendments at these " out of hours" times. Am I wrong about this? Quote There is what I have always taken to be a standby light on the monitor and that is on all the time. Also the router connection to the internet seems to be working away whether the pc is on or off. I always thought that was to get updates and amendments at these " out of hours" times. Am I wrong about this? The monitor has nothing to do with the state of your computer. When your computer is shut down (powered off) nothing is taking place.Right. Still no idea if you are powering down or going to sleep or hibernation or what. Please explain.At the end of a session I click "start" - "turn off computer" - "turn off" - then get "Windows is closing down", etc.. I thought that connection to the internet was maintained in this "off" state. What I'm really querying here is why the program gives an update time option if it can only be DONE when the pc is on and, presumably, being used.You're turning off the computer. NOTHING is going to run when the computer is off.OK. Thanks again for interest and replies.

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I have Windows XP SP3 32-bit system - with MS Security Essentials scheduled scan set for 4.00 every day, yet often when I start, the MSSE icon warns me that my pc is potentially unprotected because a scan hasn't been run for some time, and I have to manually initiate a scan. The only other security programs I have are Windows Firewall and Malwarebytes (free VERSION), which I BELIEVE is compatible. The pc is switched off at the time of the scan.
Advice as to why this should be would be appreciated.What do you mean the "pc is switched off at the time of the scan"? Do you mean it's powered off?If the computer is off at the scheduled scan time, the scan does not take place. Change your scan schedule to a time when you know your computer will be RUNNING or do it manually.Quote from: SuperDave on April 04, 2013, 12:09:02 PM

If the computer is off at the scheduled scan time, the scan does not take place. Change your scan schedule to a time when you know your computer will be running or do it manually.

Yeah, I was waiting to hear if that's in fact the case - but thanks Thanks for replies -
When I said "switched off" I meant that the pc was turned off, as usual, at the end of a user session, not disconnected from the power supply. There is what I have always taken to be a standby light on the monitor and that is on all the time. ALSO the router connection to the internet seems to be working away whether the pc is on or off. I always thought that was to get updates and amendments at these " out of hours" times. Am I wrong about this? Quote

There is what I have always taken to be a standby light on the monitor and that is on all the time. Also the router connection to the internet seems to be working away whether the pc is on or off. I always thought that was to get updates and amendments at these " out of hours" times. Am I wrong about this?

The monitor has nothing to do with the state of your computer. When your computer is shut down (powered off) nothing is taking place.Right. Still no idea if you are powering down or going to sleep or hibernation or what. Please explain.At the end of a session I click "start" - "turn off computer" - "turn off" - then get "Windows is closing down", etc.. I thought that connection to the internet was maintained in this "off" state. What I'm really querying here is why the program gives an update time option if it can only be DONE when the pc is on and, presumably, being used.You're turning off the computer. NOTHING is going to run when the computer is off.OK. Thanks again for interest and replies.

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