(I searched 6 months archives on "scan schedule automatic" - all words - with no results - I would have thought that such problems as these would have been discussed to death if they were common - sorry if I missed something.)
Background: Company with 20 networked computers; OS's are all Windows - 98, 2000, & XP.
Problem: Several consistent problems with automatic scheduling of scans, to wit
--1. With the default 8pm Friday automatically scheduled scan time, I assumed originally that if the computer happened to be off at the set time, that, at the minimum, NAV would prompt the user at the next bootup that "The scan was missed, do you want to scan now" or something similar. Didn't NAV use to do that years ago? Anyway - is this a bug, or is there a way to fix this?
--2. After experiencing item 1. for a few weeks, I went around to all the computers and set the scan schedule to some morning weekday when the computers will likely be on. Upon checking several weeks later, find that scans are not happening. I checked the scheduled time, and it has changed to a P.M. time or a week end day (when computers are off). Individual users insist that they are not changing the schedule time or stopping a scan (happens on the computer I use too).
--3. Sometimes, simlar to 1. above, but schedule time is staying as I set it, but for some reason the scan is not happening (again, no one 'fesses up to changing the scan schedule, and I would have trouble believing that that is the case in all cases).
TIA for any help. Right now our only work-around is to beat on our people to regularly do manual scans (not a good solution).
PEVA2
Background: Company with 20 networked computers; OS's are all Windows - 98, 2000, & XP.
Problem: Several consistent problems with automatic scheduling of scans, to wit
--1. With the default 8pm Friday automatically scheduled scan time, I assumed originally that if the computer happened to be off at the set time, that, at the minimum, NAV would prompt the user at the next bootup that "The scan was missed, do you want to scan now" or something similar. Didn't NAV use to do that years ago? Anyway - is this a bug, or is there a way to fix this?
--2. After experiencing item 1. for a few weeks, I went around to all the computers and set the scan schedule to some morning weekday when the computers will likely be on. Upon checking several weeks later, find that scans are not happening. I checked the scheduled time, and it has changed to a P.M. time or a week end day (when computers are off). Individual users insist that they are not changing the schedule time or stopping a scan (happens on the computer I use too).
--3. Sometimes, simlar to 1. above, but schedule time is staying as I set it, but for some reason the scan is not happening (again, no one 'fesses up to changing the scan schedule, and I would have trouble believing that that is the case in all cases).
TIA for any help. Right now our only work-around is to beat on our people to regularly do manual scans (not a good solution).
PEVA2