scheduled tasks

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I have chosen "wake up the computer to perform the task"-in order to run the
scans for W. Defender.
(CP--Performance & Maintenance--Scheduled Tasks--
WD--settings--wake up..) However-everytime I reboot,
I have to reapply this option. Any suggestions? Thank you.
 
If I've understood you correctly, you're trying to let the task scheduler
re-schedule the MP Scheduled Scan task. The problem with this is that I
believe Defender cancels the MP Scheduled Scan task and then re-schedules
it based on Defender's Options at each reboot in order to prevent getting
out of sync and having multiple occurrences of the same tasks scheduled.
What I've done in Options is to un-check automatically scan my computer
(recommended), and then I implemented a new task completely outside of
Defender's internal super-scheduler. I don't run it while
sleeping/hibernating though, so a bit of a guess there on the un-check
"logged on" part below.

Assuming you're running a full-scan rather than a quick (keep the quotes
due to the imbedded blanks, and sorry this forum format will break my
single line into multiple lines):

Run: "C:\Program Files\Windows
Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -RestrictPrivileges -Scantype 2 <= just one
line
Start in: "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender"
Run as: you
un-check - Run only if logged on
check - Enabled (scheduled task runs at specified time)

Let us know if it works for you to wake up, or if I miss-understood. I
only run scans while logged on because I don't accept default actions, so
this is to control Monthly Full Scans. In addition I use another external
to Defender task which controls daily Quick scans (-Scantype 1), which I
schedule similarly outside of Defenders internal scheduler by not using MP
Scheduled Scan.
 
Dave--I have my computer do an automatic quick scan at
9:00 PM daily. Just in case my computer is on standby-I
have selected to "wake up the computer to perform the
task". It does this fine; however, when I reboot the computer the next
morning-and look under settings, the
option to wake up the computer is not checked. I have to
apply this after each reboot. SC
 
But are you using the task named "MP Scheduled Scan" to run your scheduled
scan? You may need to show hidden tasks in the Scheduled Tasks window in
order to see this hidden name. If you are, and haven't implemented a new
and different task name, then that's the problem, and why I said:

"Defender CANCELS the MP Scheduled Scan task (in Task Manager) and then
re-schedules it (again) based on Defender's (internal) Options at each
reboot", *NOT* to the options that you may have changed (wake up the
computer) in Task Manager's settings.
 
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