This is probably a stupid question.
I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
demand.
Can anyone help?
-Pete

Right click on AVG in taskbar and select "..control panel" When the control
panel appears, select Scan. I don't hae AVG any more, so I'm guessing as to
what you should see.

You can always go to the AVG website and download the manual.

MD



"Pete@nospam.com" wrote:

> This is probably a stupid question.
> I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
> demand.
> Can anyone help?
> -Pete
>
>
>

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:37:50 GMT from <Pete@nospam.com>:

> I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
> demand. Can anyone help?

I have the free version, but I'm guessing it's the same answer:

Right-click on the four-color square icon in the notifiction area and
select "Launch AVG Test Center". When the test center appears, click
the big square btton next to "Scan Computer". :-)

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

You can also double click the AVG icon in the Notification Area (next to the
clock), Click on the Test Center button on the left. Look around a little
while your there. You might even click on Help Topics button.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Pete@nospam.com <Pete@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
> This is probably a stupid question.
> I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
> demand.
> Can anyone help?
> -Pete

Right click the AVG icon in the Taskbar and left click "Launch AVG Test
Center". From there, things are obvious.

--
Gene K
<Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> This is probably a stupid question.
> I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
> demand.
> Can anyone help?
> -Pete
>
>

"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:MPG.1df19a62c2297852989ca5@news.individual.ne t...
> Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:37:50 GMT from <Pete@nospam.com>:
>
> > I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan
on
> > demand. Can anyone help?
>
> I have the free version, but I'm guessing it's the same answer:
>
> Right-click on the four-color square icon in the notifiction area and
> select "Launch AVG Test Center". When the test center appears, click
> the big square btton next to "Scan Computer". :-)
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
> been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

Thanks. I was selecting "Control Center". You'd think that should work too.
-Pete

> > Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:37:50 GMT from <Pete@nospam.com>:
> > > I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
> > > demand. Can anyone help?

> "Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1df19a62c2297852989ca5@news.individual.ne t...
> > Right-click on the four-color square icon in the notifiction area and
> > select "Launch AVG Test Center". When the test center appears, click
> > the big square btton next to "Scan Computer". :-)

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:31:06 GMT from <Pete@nospam.com>:
> Thanks. I was selecting "Control Center". You'd think that should work too.

I agree it may not be obvious, but there is a "Test Center" button on
the Control Center.

Someone suggested using the help system. I'm not sure how helpful it
is in this case. When I searched "scan" I got way too many topics,
none of which seemed right. When I tried "scan computer", then the
fifth or sixth entry in the third pane was actually what I wanted. I
think that's probably more the fault of the way the Windows help
program works than it is of Grisoft -- finding almost anything in XP
help seems harder than it was in Win 98 help.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/