Live Update - too much disk utilization

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When I first turn on my computer, I can't use it for about 10 or so minutes while Live Update is occuring. CPU is ok - the disk utilization is through the roof.

 

After that, it's fine.  Any ideas?

 

I can't find a board search... does one exist?

 

Thanks!

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When I first turn on my computer, I can't use it for about 10 or so minutes while Live Update is occuring. CPU is ok - the disk utilization is through the roof.

 

After that, it's fine.  Any ideas?

 

I can't find a board search... does one exist?

 

Thanks!

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360 latest version, upgrade from previous 360, no other security progs installed. Thanks

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Hi, danielzr,

 

Welcome to our community!

 

This sounds like relatively normal behavior, if you're turning your computer off. Norton issues updates constantly, to keep up with new threats as they're identified--so a computer that's not left on continually will have a bunch that need to be installed, any time it's turned back on. Note, too, that while Norton is downloading these updates, all the other software (like Windows) on your computer that has updates to install since you turned it off is also in there competing for bandwidth and further slowing the process.

 

If you have an older computer or a slower network connection, the time this would take would increase as well. I have a five year old notebook I'm still running that takes at least that long before it's usable.

 

Is there a reason you prefer not to leave your computer running so it can pick up each update as it's issued?

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daniel,

 

That may be disk activity not due to the actual LiveUpdating itself but to Norton Security  ( does not apply just to N 360)  running a full system scan after a new installation which is the first thing it tries to do during idle time. It should stop or reduce when you are using the computer and start up when you are not.

 

Once it's done a full system scan then it only checks files which have changed or are new and so it has much less work to do.

 

So if you can leave it until it's done a complete full system scan see if it gets better then.

 

If not then do let us know ....

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Thanks… it is not a scan… trying to use the pc is very difficult… a scan would have been stopped. It was not always this slow at bootup…

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You could check out the different early boot loading settings if they exist in N 360 as they do in NIS but I don't use it so I don't know if it is indluded ....