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Hi,

Did you change the power-down state, or perhaps started using hibernate?

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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neitrher reply is helpful. sets only Standby, NOT hibernate. purpose
of Auto is to keep it out of business hours, and out of non PC
people's hands!!

so why has this feateure quit just in last month??

thx
 
otis said:
neitrher reply is helpful. sets only Standby, NOT hibernate. purpose
of Auto is to keep it out of business hours, and out of non PC people's
hands!!

so why has this feateure quit just in last month??

thx
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Because it's flawed. In any event, you should disable your anti virus'
auto scan before installing *anything*, even updates so it would be in
your best interests to download and install them manually.

Alias
 
Because it's flawed. In any event, you should disable your anti virus'
auto scan before installing *anything*, even updates so it would be in
your best interests to download and install them manually.

Alias
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I've read the recommendation to turn off the anit-virus program pior
to installations a number of times. I do it when the installation
instructions say so. Other than that I usually do not turn off
anit-virus.

I am not questioning your suggestion, rather asking for an explanation
why you think it is necessary prior to installing *anything*.

Thanks

Lou
 
Louis said:
I am not questioning your suggestion, rather asking for an explanation
why you think it is necessary prior to installing *anything*.
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An anti-virus running 24/7 will check every file you are copying to the
hard drive during an install. If it pauses on a file, ie has a tad of
trouble reading it, or perhaps id's a perfectly legit file as a false
positive for a bug, then the install may fail and it can be a royal pain
to get that app on later.

Check your downloads for a virus first, then disable your 24/7
anti-virus and let the darn thing go.

But, yes, many people never disable the anti-virus and never have a
problem. And, many "install" routines for simple programs merely copy
files to a folder and dont modify the registry in a major way, so often
for simple progs/utils most often there is no problem with leaving your
anti-virus on.
 
An anti-virus running 24/7 will check every file you are copying to the
hard drive during an install. If it pauses on a file, ie has a tad of
trouble reading it, or perhaps id's a perfectly legit file as a false
positive for a bug, then the install may fail and it can be a royal pain
to get that app on later.

Check your downloads for a virus first, then disable your 24/7
anti-virus and let the darn thing go.

But, yes, many people never disable the anti-virus and never have a
problem. And, many "install" routines for simple programs merely copy
files to a folder and dont modify the registry in a major way, so often
for simple progs/utils most often there is no problem with leaving your
anti-virus on.
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Good explanation. Thanks

Lou
 
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