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From: William B. Lurie on 12 Feb 2010 10:37 Thank you, Gerry. I find that the biggest offender is Automatic Live Update Scheduler, and the only ones I'm aware of on my system are Norton Anti-Virus, whose Live Updater I have off, and Windows Update, which I also do only when I'm in the mood. Gerry wrote: > You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, > Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning > of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description > are important. > > A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double > click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a > button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event > Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of > the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from > Event Viewer. > >
From: Bruce Chambers on 12 Feb 2010 12:03 William B. Lurie wrote: > You nice folks led me to Event Viewer not too long ago, and > in studying it, I find under Applications that Automatic Live > Update is being run every 3 hours. It isn't my Norton Anti- > Virus Live Update, and I do not allow Windows Live Update to > run. Or at least I think I have it set so that I run Windows > Update when I choose to do so. > > How can I track down what is running so often, and preventing > my system from hibernating as a result? > > Thank you. Many applications now install automatic update "features," so it's a bit hard to narrow it down. Do you have, for instance, Java or Acrobat Reader installed? Both have automatic updates features that the computer user is not warned about when installing them. Also, while I don't think this is the cause in this particular case, do you have your WinXP clock configured to automatically synchronize with an Internet time server? (Haven't used WinXP for a couple of years, so I've forgotten some of the details, such as the frequency of those checks.) To try narrowing down which application is doing this, double-click on the pertinent entry in the application log to see if it will identify a specific executable file's name. You can also use MSConfig to see what is starting with the computer. Also, just in case someone tried to be clever, you can check for Scheduled Tasks that would show up in the usual "Startup" locations. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: glee on 12 Feb 2010 12:47 Automatic Live Update Scheduler is from Symantec (Norton) Live Update. You may have turned it off, but it doesn't agree. Automatic live update Norton. how to schedule? http://www.windowsbbs.com/other-software/68671-automatic-live-update-norton-how-schedule.html Turning Off Norton's Automatic Liveupdate - http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-software/628975-turning-off-nortons-automatic-liveupdate.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ "William B. Lurie" <billurie(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:%23nWKCl$qKHA.728(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Thank you, Gerry. I find that the biggest offender is > Automatic Live Update Scheduler, and the only ones I'm > aware of on my system are Norton Anti-Virus, whose Live > Updater I have off, and Windows Update, which I also do > only when I'm in the mood. > > Gerry wrote: >> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, >> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning >> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description >> are important. >> >> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and >> double >> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is >> a >> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event >> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of >> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from >> Event Viewer. >>
From: Gerry on 12 Feb 2010 12:48 William I suggest you post an exact copy of the actual report. -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William B. Lurie wrote: > Thank you, Gerry. I find that the biggest offender is > Automatic Live Update Scheduler, and the only ones I'm > aware of on my system are Norton Anti-Virus, whose Live > Updater I have off, and Windows Update, which I also do > only when I'm in the mood. > > Gerry wrote: >> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, >> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning >> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description >> are important. >> >> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and >> double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which >> appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close >> Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the >> body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting >> from Event Viewer.
From: William B. Lurie on 12 Feb 2010 13:34
Gerry, I found that Norton System Works Premier, which has a separate menu for such things, has a place where I can choose "Turn off all automatic updates". I did that several hours ago, and now the events have trickled down to a very few. Let's wait a day and see if it resets itself. Gerry wrote: > William > > I suggest you post an exact copy of the actual report. > |