No date shown when you do a scan

Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today daily
scan,

Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience has
been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but switches
to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see this.

If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see anything
other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it, switch
the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next morining. I
think it will show the previous day's date.

"Brian" wrote:

> Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today daily
> scan,

Hi RichB
Your right if i open it in the morning it shows the date it was scaned, i
have it scaned 10.am every morning

"RichB" wrote:

> Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience has
> been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but switches
> to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see this.
>
> If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see anything
> other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it, switch
> the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next morining. I
> think it will show the previous day's date.
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
> > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today daily
> > scan,

RichB
How do i set it for M-W-F,

"RichB" wrote:

> Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience has
> been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but switches
> to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see this.
>
> If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see anything
> other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it, switch
> the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next morining. I
> think it will show the previous day's date.
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
> > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today daily
> > scan,

Follow this sequence (at least this is it in XP): control panel, performance
& maintenance, scheduled tasks, advanced, view hidden tasks. "MP scheduled
scan" should appear. Double click on that, and in the window that opens,
select the "schedule" tab. What you get should look like the scheduler in
the beta 1 product. You can pick your days there.

I wasn't sure what would happen if I disabled the schedule in WD "settings".
I want it to look for updates. So, I left Wed there, and scheduled Mon and
Fri in the task scheduler. Note: the status page of WD will only show the
schedule that's set directly in WD (Wed, in my case), but all of the
scheduled scans will run.

"Brian" wrote:

> RichB
> How do i set it for M-W-F,
>
> "RichB" wrote:
>
> > Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience has
> > been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but switches
> > to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see this.
> >
> > If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see anything
> > other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it, switch
> > the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next morining. I
> > think it will show the previous day's date.
> >
> > "Brian" wrote:
> >
> > > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today daily
> > > scan,

Brian,

Here's an update. It looks like the Windoes Task Scheduler will override
whatever is scheduled by WD. My Wed am scan (scheduled in WD) didn't run
this morning. So, I opened WTS, added Wed to the choices, and set it to run
an hour later. The scan ran as requested, and at the same time, installed
the new definition file that my system downloaded last night.

Hope this helps.

"Brian" wrote:

> RichB
> How do i set it for M-W-F,
>
> "RichB" wrote:
>
> > Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience has
> > been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but switches
> > to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see this.
> >
> > If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see anything
> > other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it, switch
> > the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next morining. I
> > think it will show the previous day's date.
> >
> > "Brian" wrote:
> >
> > > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today daily
> > > scan,

That's an interesting detail: So you had a new definition file downloaded
but not installed?

And the process of scanning, with the checkbox for "check for updated
definitions before scanning" checked, did the install?

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"RichB" <RichB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69F04ABD-4589-4677-87A2-2C0C35D51349@microsoft.com...
> Brian,
>
> Here's an update. It looks like the Windoes Task Scheduler will override
> whatever is scheduled by WD. My Wed am scan (scheduled in WD) didn't run
> this morning. So, I opened WTS, added Wed to the choices, and set it to
> run
> an hour later. The scan ran as requested, and at the same time, installed
> the new definition file that my system downloaded last night.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
>> RichB
>> How do i set it for M-W-F,
>>
>> "RichB" wrote:
>>
>> > Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience
>> > has
>> > been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but
>> > switches
>> > to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see
>> > this.
>> >
>> > If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see
>> > anything
>> > other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it,
>> > switch
>> > the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next
>> > morining. I
>> > think it will show the previous day's date.
>> >
>> > "Brian" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today
>> > > daily
>> > > scan,

Exactly as you have described it. No intervention from me, except to
schedule the scan.

I have WU set to download only. I could see the yellow shield in the
systray early this morning, and from posts here yesterday, I knew there was a
new def file. As soon as the scan ran, the shield was gone, and the new def
version was noted on the WD status page.


"Bill Sanderson" wrote:

> That's an interesting detail: So you had a new definition file downloaded
> but not installed?
>
> And the process of scanning, with the checkbox for "check for updated
> definitions before scanning" checked, did the install?
>
> --
>
> "RichB" <RichB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69F04ABD-4589-4677-87A2-2C0C35D51349@microsoft.com...
> > Brian,
> >
> > Here's an update. It looks like the Windoes Task Scheduler will override
> > whatever is scheduled by WD. My Wed am scan (scheduled in WD) didn't run
> > this morning. So, I opened WTS, added Wed to the choices, and set it to
> > run
> > an hour later. The scan ran as requested, and at the same time, installed
> > the new definition file that my system downloaded last night.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > "Brian" wrote:
> >
> >> RichB
> >> How do i set it for M-W-F,
> >>
> >> "RichB" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My experience
> >> > has
> >> > been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but
> >> > switches
> >> > to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see
> >> > this.
> >> >
> >> > If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see
> >> > anything
> >> > other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test it,
> >> > switch
> >> > the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next
> >> > morining. I
> >> > think it will show the previous day's date.
> >> >
> >> > "Brian" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows today
> >> > > daily
> >> > > scan,
>
>
>

That's good to know. There've been several posts where the user wants these
defs applied automatically, but wants approval on all other updates. It
sounds like that really is what happens, if you let it sit 'til a scan is
scheduled.



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"RichB" <RichB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7D111296-C051-4796-ABD8-60C5DBE33146@microsoft.com...
> Exactly as you have described it. No intervention from me, except to
> schedule the scan.
>
> I have WU set to download only. I could see the yellow shield in the
> systray early this morning, and from posts here yesterday, I knew there
> was a
> new def file. As soon as the scan ran, the shield was gone, and the new
> def
> version was noted on the WD status page.
>
>
> "Bill Sanderson" wrote:
>
>> That's an interesting detail: So you had a new definition file
>> downloaded
>> but not installed?
>>
>> And the process of scanning, with the checkbox for "check for updated
>> definitions before scanning" checked, did the install?
>>
>> --
>>
>> "RichB" <RichB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:69F04ABD-4589-4677-87A2-2C0C35D51349@microsoft.com...
>> > Brian,
>> >
>> > Here's an update. It looks like the Windoes Task Scheduler will
>> > override
>> > whatever is scheduled by WD. My Wed am scan (scheduled in WD) didn't
>> > run
>> > this morning. So, I opened WTS, added Wed to the choices, and set it
>> > to
>> > run
>> > an hour later. The scan ran as requested, and at the same time,
>> > installed
>> > the new definition file that my system downloaded last night.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > "Brian" wrote:
>> >
>> >> RichB
>> >> How do i set it for M-W-F,
>> >>
>> >> "RichB" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Are your daily scans in the early hours of the morning? My
>> >> > experience
>> >> > has
>> >> > been that the status page shows "today" on the date of the scan, but
>> >> > switches
>> >> > to a true date starting the next day. I scan on M-W-F, so I can see
>> >> > this.
>> >> >
>> >> > If your scans are daily and say 3am, you may never be awake to see
>> >> > anything
>> >> > other than "today". If that is your scenario and you want to test
>> >> > it,
>> >> > switch
>> >> > the scaan time to 11pm. Then look at the status page the next
>> >> > morining. I
>> >> > think it will show the previous day's date.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Brian" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > Why is there no date shown when you do a daily scan ,only shows
>> >> > > today
>> >> > > daily
>> >> > > scan,
>>
>>
>>