Change Settings in Unattended Installation?

[Guest]

I created a batch file which copies the GDI+ file (most of our PCs run Win2k)
and performs an unattended installation using the /qb switch. It works great,
but I was wondering if there was a way as part of the installation process to
change the default option so that it performs a full system scan every
morning instead of a quick one. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Ben

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

This is a registry setting, but it may require resetting permissions on the
key so that the local administrator has full permissions, making the change,
and then resetting those permissions--not simple to do.

Additionally, I'd recommend against making that change. A full scan is
quite resource intensive, and typically (from traffic here) results in
messages to the user that may require some support (i.e. malware found in an
archive file--Windows Defender won't delete the archive file in case it
contains valuable user data. Said file is not "active"--although of course
the risk is still there.....) I'd go with the help file's recommendation of
an intelligent quickscan, with a full scan either on a less frequent
schedule, or when something is found. I typically do a full scan when
installing on a new box, and when I am there in person to interpret the
results.

The intelligent quickscan starts with memory content and the startup axes,
and works out--with the intent of 100% detection of malware active on the
system. I've seen it miss rootkit in place type stuff, but a full scan
would have also missed the same threats.