Can't auto schedule scans

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george

Have XP and IE6. Have tried many different days and
times to auto schedule scans, but it only works the first
time and never again. Followed MS instructions to the
letter, but no luck. Can anyone help?
 
Hi George,
What date format are you running in Control Panel?

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP
 
Hi Ron,
Thanks for replying. Standard US time (MST, to be
exact). And I've tried scheduling a.m. and p.m. times,
but get the same result: the first scheduled scan runs at
the right time, but the next several scans do not run as
scheduled (same time but different days). Suggestions?

George
 
I've found a way around the "no PM" scheduling problem.
I found out that the following command runs the
AntiSpyware program its schedule mode:-
GIANTAntiSpywareMain.exe -scan

Here's what to do ...
Create a batch file something like this:-
echo off
C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF83~1\GIANTAntiSpywareMain.exe -scan
exit

and save it as: GIANTAntiSpywareMain.bat (or
whatever.bat) in the Microsoft AntiSpyware folder.

In Control Panel double click "Scheduled Tasks" to open
up the task scheduler. Double-click "Add scheduled task"
to bring up the wizard.
Click "Next" and then the "Browse" button and find the
batch file you just created. Select the frequency that
you want it to run, the time you want it to run,
your username/password (or some user with administrator
privelege).

It works for me.

crater.
 
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