Wake-up call?

I have a Fujitsu 2010 laptop which is up-to-date with XP SP2 etc and Norton
Internet Security 2005... I am having a problem running a scheduled virus
scan.

What should happen is:

1. I close the lid and the computer goes into standby for the night.
2. At 3am windows update should run and upload any available updates.
3. At 4am the scheduled antivirus scan should wake the computer using a
pre-entered screen password and run a full scan.

What actually happens:

1. At 3am nothing happens.
2. At 4am the scheduled scan wakes the computer and the NAV log registers
that the scan has started.
3. The firewall log registers that Windows update and Norton Liveupdate have
contacted the computer.
4. In the morning I find that windows updates have been installed (if any)
but the anti-virus scan has not finished.

Can anybody please tell me why I can set a password for a schedule item in
Windows XP, but not for Windows autoupdate. Does autoupdate need the computer
to be logged on to work and if so, waking the computer to do the virus scan
seems to be pre-empted by the autoupdate. Am I confused or is the computer...

Thanks for any help on this!

Well, I've tried changing the power settings to 'always on', 'tho the
computer still goes to standby when the lid is closed. I also tried changing
the sequence of events in case windows update was being opportunistic.

Can somebody tell me if the computer needs to be logged on for windows
autoupdate to run?

These seem such a simple tasks, why am I having such problems? Anybody,
please!



"putnik" wrote:

> I have a Fujitsu 2010 laptop which is up-to-date with XP SP2 etc and Norton
> Internet Security 2005... I am having a problem running a scheduled virus
> scan.
>
> What should happen is:
>
> 1. I close the lid and the computer goes into standby for the night.
> 2. At 3am windows update should run and upload any available updates.
> 3. At 4am the scheduled antivirus scan should wake the computer using a
> pre-entered screen password and run a full scan.
>
> What actually happens:
>
> 1. At 3am nothing happens.
> 2. At 4am the scheduled scan wakes the computer and the NAV log registers
> that the scan has started.
> 3. The firewall log registers that Windows update and Norton Liveupdate have
> contacted the computer.
> 4. In the morning I find that windows updates have been installed (if any)
> but the anti-virus scan has not finished.
>
> Can anybody please tell me why I can set a password for a schedule item in
> Windows XP, but not for Windows autoupdate. Does autoupdate need the computer
> to be logged on to work and if so, waking the computer to do the virus scan
> seems to be pre-empted by the autoupdate. Am I confused or is the computer...
>
> Thanks for any help on this!