User Guide

User’s Guide 225
Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
• Daily. This runs your task once at the time you specify on the days
youindicate.Enterthetimein thetextboxprovided,thenselectthe
checkboxes in the Start At area for each day that you want the task
to run.
• At Startup.Selectthischeckbox torunyourtaskonceeachtimeyou
start your computer and the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Console.
Specify in hours and minutes how long after startup you want the
Consoletowaitbeforeitrunsyourtask.Youmaynot randomize
this schedule.
• Weekly. This runs your task once each week on the day and at the
time you specify. Enter the time in the text box provided, then
choose a day from the list to the right.
• Hourly. This runs your task each hour as long as your computer is
onand theConsoleisrunning. Specifyinthe text boxprovided how
many minutesthe Console should wait after each hour to run your
task.
• Monthly.Thisrunsyourtaskonceeachmonthonthedayandatthe
time you specify. Enter the time in the leftmost text box, then enter
the day of the month on which you want the task to run.
 NOTE: Enter all scheduled times, except for the hourly time
interval, using a 24-hour clock. Ifyou want the task to run at
9:30 p.m., for example, enter 21:30.
5. To have this task run within arandom intervalof thetime you set, select
the Enable randomization checkbox, then enter a time period of up to
eight hours in the Randomize Time Window text box.
Unless you've set this task to run at startup, you can use this feature to
reducenetworktrafficandothersystem overhead thatmightresultfrom
many computers running scan or update operations at the same time.
The task will run at a random point within the time “window” you
specify.
Thewindowcentersonthetimeyou'vescheduledforthetasktorun.If,
for example, you set this task to run daily at 15:00, then you selected
Enable randomization and specified a time window of one hour, the
task would run at any point in the period between 14:30 and 15:30. You
may set a window of up to 480 minutes, or eight hours.
6. You have now set a schedule for your task and readied it to run at the
scheduled time.Click OK toclosetheTaskPropertiesdialogbox,orclick
Apply tosave your settingswithout closing the dialog box.Click Cancel
to close the dialog box without saving your changes.