Windows Defender

[Thirst4Knowledge]

Will Windows Defender run its 'Daily Schedule' if the computer is off?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Windows Defender

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:21:03 -0800, Thirst4Knowledge
<Thirst4Knowledge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Will Windows Defender run its 'Daily Schedule' if the computer is off?



Is this a joke? If the computer is off, neither Windows Defender, nor
any other program installed on it, can do *anything* at all.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[Victek]

Re: Windows Defender

> Will Windows Defender run its 'Daily Schedule' if the computer is off?

Do you mean if the computer is off when the scan is scheduled to run will
the scan begin later when you turn computer on?

 

[Gary Mount]

Re: Windows Defender

If my computer has hibernated, it will wake up to record a scheduled TV
show, so perhaps your computer will wake up to run defender.
If however you did a shutdown, I don't think your computer will wake up for
a scheduled task.
You can set up a wake up time in your bios if you wanted to, assuming your
bios has that feature.

"Thirst4Knowledge" <Thirst4Knowledge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:5ADB5F9B-CCD0-4F4B-B002-2CADDC44F089@microsoft.com...
> Will Windows Defender run its 'Daily Schedule' if the computer is off?

 

[Dave T.]

Re: Windows Defender

Gary Mount wrote:
> If my computer has hibernated, it will wake up to record a scheduled TV
> show, so perhaps your computer will wake up to run defender.
> If however you did a shutdown, I don't think your computer will wake up
> for a scheduled task.
> You can set up a wake up time in your bios if you wanted to, assuming
> your bios has that feature.
>
> "Thirst4Knowledge" <Thirst4Knowledge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:5ADB5F9B-CCD0-4F4B-B002-2CADDC44F089@microsoft.com...
>> Will Windows Defender run its 'Daily Schedule' if the computer is off?
>

I believe that there is a function in Task scheduler that allows you to
schedule a "wake up" to perform tasks, but you have to specify it, and
it will not wake up from a shutdown, only a sleep mode. The question is
whether or not there is a difference between Hibernate and sleep.

--
Dave T.

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