I have automatic updates set to check daily for updates and to download them
automatically. I noticed in eventvwr that windows checks for updates every
hour all day long - every day. Should it be doing that? I would have assumed
it would check one time each day at the time specified.

Such behavior is not unusual if (1) the machine's not connected to the
internet or (2) Automatic Updates cannot reach the MS servers (for whatever
reason).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

LenC wrote:
> I have automatic updates set to check daily for updates and to download
> them
> automatically. I noticed in eventvwr that windows checks for updates
> every
> hour all day long - every day. Should it be doing that? I would have
> assumed
> it would check one time each day at the time specified.

Thank you for your reply. Actually, I was mistaken. The hourly messages
related to Norton Internet Security. Apparently this program does check for
updates hourly when you use its pfishing protection, which I do. I'm not sure
why it does this so frequently, but it does.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Such behavior is not unusual if (1) the machine's not connected to the
> internet or (2) Automatic Updates cannot reach the MS servers (for whatever
> reason).
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> LenC wrote:
> > I have automatic updates set to check daily for updates and to download
> > them
> > automatically. I noticed in eventvwr that windows checks for updates
> > every
> > hour all day long - every day. Should it be doing that? I would have
> > assumed
> > it would check one time each day at the time specified.
>
>

Guess my CrystalBall© wasn't working very good, was it? <eg> Perhaps you
should have mentioned LiveUpdate, not "automatic updates."

Contact Symantec Support if you need further assistance, Len.


LenC wrote:
> Thank you for your reply. Actually, I was mistaken. The hourly messages
> related to Norton Internet Security. Apparently this program does check
> for
> updates hourly when you use its pfishing protection, which I do. I'm not
> sure why it does this so frequently, but it does.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> Such behavior is not unusual if (1) the machine's not connected to the
>> internet or (2) Automatic Updates cannot reach the MS servers (for
>> whatever
>> reason).
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> LenC wrote:
>>> I have automatic updates set to check daily for updates and to download
>>> them
>>> automatically. I noticed in eventvwr that windows checks for updates
>>> every
>>> hour all day long - every day. Should it be doing that? I would have
>>> assumed
>>> it would check one time each day at the time specified.