User Guide

User’s Guide 223
Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
– If you have configured the task to start automatically, it will
runimmediately.Forthistohappen,youmusthavepreviously
selectedtheStart Automatically checkboxintheDrSolomon’s
Anti-Virus Properties dialog box. To see this checkbox, click
Configure, immediately to the left, then locatethecheckbox in
theWhattoScanareaintheDetectionpropertypage.
– If you chose a scan task that you have not set to start
automatically, the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus application
window appears. Click Scan Now in this window to run the
task.
•ClickApply to save your changes without closing the Task
Properties dialog box, then click the Schedule tab. To learn how to
set a task schedule, see “Enabling tasks” on page 223.
•ClickOK to save your changes and return to the Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus Console window. You will need to set a task schedule
later to get it to run.
To do so, select the task from the list in the Console window, then
click to open the Task Properties dialog box.
•ClickCancel to close the dialog box without creating a task.
Enabling tasks
Enabling a task means choosing a schedule for it and activating that schedule
so that the task runs when you need it. You can schedule any of the tasks
shown in the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Console window, except the VShield
task, which runs continuously from the time your start your computer or as
soon as you start the task yourself.
In order for your task to run, you must also ensure that the Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus Console is active at the time you want your task to run. To learn
howtostarttheConsole,see“Starting the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Console”
on page 210.
TorunascantaskthatusestheDrSolomon’sAnti-Virusapplication,youmust
configurethe scan operation to start automatically. You donot need todo this
for the other default tasks.See Step 5 on page 233 for more details.
To enable a task, follow these steps:
1. If you do not already have the Task Properties dialog box open,
double-click one of the listed tasks in the Console window, or select a
task, then click in the Console toolbar.