Hello,

Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait
30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report them
being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virus
update within a week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sean

The name of your AV program would help.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Sean Grieco <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
> report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to
> wait 30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to
> report them being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is
> always a virus update within a week.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Sean

I'm running Symantec Corporate ed 10.1.... But that should not matter as the
Windows Security Center is displaying the message, not the AntiVirus.


"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The name of your AV program would help.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Sean Grieco <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
>> report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to
>> wait 30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to
>> report them being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is
>> always a virus update within a week.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks, Sean

Windows Security Center passes on the information it gets from your
antivirus program, which is why Wesley asked for the name of the
program. Your antivirus program may or may not have a setting which
changes the number of days allowed before it considers virus definitions
out of date.
---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
> I'm running Symantec Corporate ed 10.1.... But that should not matter as the
> Windows Security Center is displaying the message, not the AntiVirus.
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> The name of your AV program would help.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>> Sean Grieco <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
>>> report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to
>>> wait 30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to
>>> report them being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is
>>> always a virus update within a week.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Sean
>
>

I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:

http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean Grieco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...> Hello,>> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>

"i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"

Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
> I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:
>
> http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean Grieco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...> Hello,>> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be great
ly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>
>

if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center there
are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is out of
date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select the
number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing some
sort of reg setting for Windows.


"Ted Zieglar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"
>
> Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.
>
> ---
> Ted Zieglar
> "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
>
> Sean Grieco wrote:
>> I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:
>>
>>
>> http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i
>> still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean
>> Grieco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...> Hello,>> Is there a
>> way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your
>> virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days
>> from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing
>> outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a
>> virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be great
> ly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>
>>

nevermind, i found it, i was being an idiot...sorry


"Sean Grieco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center
> there are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is
> out of date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select
> the number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing
> some sort of reg setting for Windows.
>
>
> "Ted Zieglar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"
>>
>> Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.
>>
>> ---
>> Ted Zieglar
>> "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
>>
>> Sean Grieco wrote:
>>> I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i
>>> still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean
>>> Grieco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>> messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...> Hello,>> Is there
>>> a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport
>>> your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30
>>> days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report
>>> thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always
>>> a virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be great
>> ly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>
>>>
>
>

The so-called Symantec System Center is Symantec's replacement for
Windows' own Windows Security Center. Another way that Symantec likes to
"take over" a user's computer.

Whether you choose Windows Security Center or Symantec's replacement for
the same, it is the antivirus program that decides when its virus
definitions are outdated.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
> if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center there
> are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is out of
> date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select the
> number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing some
> sort of reg setting for Windows.
>
>
> "Ted Zieglar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"
>>
>> Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.
>>
>> ---
>> Ted Zieglar
>> "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
>>
>> Sean Grieco wrote:
>>> I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i
>>> still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean
>>> Grieco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>> messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...> Hello,>> Is there a
>>> way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your
>>> virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days
>>> from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing
>>> outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a
>>> virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be great
>> ly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>
>
>