NIS Live update

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Go to Control Panel>>Symantec LiveUpdate and click on the Automatic Update tab.  Here is where you can set the time interval of the updates (default is 240 minutes).

This is NIS 2008.  I really dont think there is an Auto Update Tab any longer.  The only option seems to be to turn liveupdate on or off.  I’ll bet the only way to mess with the update interval now is with registry hack.   Seems like we are going backwards?

I have NIS 2008 on both of my computers, 32 and 64 bit, and this option is availabile.

 


tfishman wrote:
This is NIS 2008.  I really dont think there is an Auto Update Tab any longer.  The only option seems to be to turn liveupdate on or off.  I'll bet the only way to mess with the update interval now is with registry hack.   Seems like we are going backwards?

 

You need to go into Control Panel / Symantec Live Update icon and set it there but I have seen some complaints that the interval setting is not being observed. However I'm not sure if that is on N360 or NIS .....

I am running 360 on a differnt PC, and sometimes when installing it will set the default time interval as every 2 hours, but when you manuall change it back to every 4 hours, it stays there, or a lest has up untill now.

Correct.

But most of the time when a update has to be earlier it will be installed earlier

Thanks Huwyngr.  I had no idea you had to go through control panel.  And yes the interval is fortunately showing up.   So that problem is solved.  Now does anyone have any idea if liveupdate launching will continually wake a vista machine in sleep mode?  If not I think I have what I need to run the test myself.

 

Thanks to all so far.  This forum is definately a plus.

Message Edited by tfishman on 07-09-2008 05:57 AM

<< Now does anyone have any idea if liveupdate launching will continually wake a vista machine in sleep mode?  >>

 

I think I've seen references to this happening in messages here on one of the boards. Perhaps try a search on [liveupdate sleep] across all the boards and see what comes up.

 

Yes support here is great -- wait till you see the Norton Staffers in action!

LiveUpdate does Run Every Hour; however, this has got something to do with Updating Programs and there is no way to change this; I read this on another Post here a while back.  So, LiveUpdate does two Updates, but both are different, if you understand.

 

I would dis-connect from the Internet when your computer goes in to Sleep Mode or type in (Start > Run) luall and bring it up so it Opens up LiveUpdate and this should stop the Auotmatic LiveUpdate from Running in Sleep Mode.

So the settings in post 9 dont affect the program update check huh?  And it wakes it from sleep mode every hour?  That kind of obliterates sleep mode doesnt it?  Is there a registry hack to alter this particular timer?

tfishman, I don’t think that anybody has confirmed that LiveUpdate wakes the machine. I do know that for a number of people, it does NOT wake a machine from sleep mode and I don’t know of any reason why it should in this case but I’ve seen weirder behaviours.

Like I mentioned before, there is no way to change this.  I find it odd that LiveUpdate "Wakes" the computer in the first place.

 

Why not try my suggestion first in Post 10?

 

To be honest, Sleep Mode uses more Power than when it is actaully On and it uses up Memory, so why not Turn Off Sleep Mode?

Message Edited by Floating_Red on 07-10-2008 10:38 PM

Like I mentioned before, there is no way to change this.  I find it odd that LiveUpdate "Wakes" the computer in the first place.  Why not try my suggestion first in Post 10?

 

 

I'm not sure at this point that its the culprit that's waking the machine.  It looks like it but I haven't verified 100%.

Wile your suggestion in post 10 may work, its hardly connenient.  I would never remember to do that evey night. 

 

 

To be honest, Sleep Mode uses more Power than when it is actaully On and it uses up Memory, so why not Turn Off Sleep Mode?

 

 

Do you actually have any evidence of this?  It doesnt make sense but then I've seen stranger things myself.  If you can point me to something documented to this effect I'll probably forgot the whole thing and let it run non stop.  Its a vista desktop machine so its not critical, just trying to conserve some power since it has a 550 watt power supply.

 

 

 


Floating_Red wrote:

Like I mentioned before, there is no way to change this.  I find it odd that LiveUpdate "Wakes" the computer in the first place.

 

Why not try my suggestion first in Post 10?

 

To be honest, Sleep Mode uses more Power than when it is actaully On and it uses up Memory, so why not Turn Off Sleep Mode?

Message Edited by Floating_Red on 07-10-2008 10:38 PM

you have confused what you have read....

 

--Sleep mode uses more power than if the computer is powered down because it has to keep the memory powered up, but it does power down the processor and video board and all of the fans, so it uses less power that a fully powered computer.

 

is most likely what you are trying to relate.......

 

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Regarding the vista wakeup from sleep.....

 

Maybe its not autoupdate.

 

There is a power-troubleshooter entry in the system log that has an entry that says system wake for "unkown reason"

 

The following entry says -

 

The system detected that network adapter Local Area Connection was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation.

 

Now I'm not sure if the network adapter started because the system suddenly woke up or if the network adapter actually caused the wakeup.  But the network adapter entry was clearly after the unknown wakeup entry if that means anything. I'm not an expert at understanding vista system logs.  Besides that the logs really suck, half the entries in there are undocumented or unknown in the description - really useless.

Anyhow if anyone can shed any light great otherwise I know I'm veering off topic now..

 

Sounds like you might be woken up due to Wake-on-LAN Magic Packets. You can probably disable this via your machine’s BIOS settings.

I think you will find that Reese has hit on it – check out your power management settings; I think it is in there.

I was actually able to turn off the Wake on Lan Features in the ethernet card driver.   Initially it was promising.  Once I manually put the PC to sleep it did not wake itself like it had been doing.  Unfortunately it still wont enter sleep mode automatically after the set time.  I still have some work to do to figure this thing out.   It may take a while.

My system is now entering sleep and waking correctly.  The last problem was the sleep interval setting had mysteriously reset itself back to zero which is dont enter sleep.  The other problem, as I stated before, involved turning off the lan card settings for wake on lan. 

 

Right now it looks like none of the NIS processes, including liveupdate, wake the computer from sleep state.

 

Its great to finally be getting a handle on this:smileyhappy:

 

 

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