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"Menu button"
« on: May 05, 2004, 01:13:07 PM »
Hi all.

I'm new to the AVAST free home edition.  In the "Help" section it mentions that scheduled scans be setup by using the "menu button."  I've looked everywhere and can't find it.  Can someone tell me where it is?? ???

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2004, 01:29:38 PM »
In the default skin, it's the little triangle in the upper left corner of the window. If you move the mouse pointer there and wait a short while, a tooptip should appear.

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2004, 01:44:54 PM »
In the default skin, it's the little triangle in the upper left corner of the window. If you move the mouse pointer there and wait a short while, a tooptip should appear.

I'm new to AVAST.  How do I get to the "default skin?"  Is that the round blue AVAST icon on the right side of my task bar?  ???  Then after opening it, what then?

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2004, 02:01:55 PM »
The default skin is the skin shown without any changes to the configuration, so it's probably the one you have.
To "see" it, you have to start the user interface of avast. Click on the avast! blue (a) icon in your taskbar with the right mouse button and select Start avast! Antivirus - the second option from the top.
Or, you can select "avast! Antivirus" from the Windows Start Menu.

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2004, 01:29:51 AM »
I found the menu button with no trouble.  But the "schedule boot-time scan" option is greyed out.  I thought this was an option available on the free home edition or are there other things I need to do first?

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2004, 02:09:53 AM »
Sorry that's only available on the reg. version
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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2004, 02:30:26 AM »
hugger1 is talking about boot-scan...i thought it should work for the home version too ??? ???

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2004, 04:42:22 AM »
I think we all missed something here -- which Win is Hugger running?  Unless I'm way off base, I thought boot-scan only worked in XP and one or two immediately-earlier versions.

(Edit) Just checked the help - NT/2000/XP only.
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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2004, 06:14:09 AM »
I think we all missed something here -- which Win is Hugger running?  Unless I'm way off base, I thought boot-scan only worked in XP and one or two immediately-earlier versions.

(Edit) Just checked the help - NT/2000/XP only.

oh yes... :)

i forgot about this...thanks mike

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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2004, 12:55:31 AM »
Thanks Mike I guess my mouth opened when it should have remained shut. ::)
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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2004, 01:39:53 AM »
Thanks Mike I guess my mouth opened when it should have remained shut. ::)

No prob, Bob, I'm prone to hoof-in-mouth disease myself way too often.  ;)

And of course that's one of the nice things about the forums, once in a while a brand-new "newbie" will spot something we all missed, simply because we've gotten accustomed to looking at problems a certain way.
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Re:"Menu button"
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2004, 01:44:18 AM »
Thanks Mike,

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once in a while a brand-new "newbie" will spot something we all missed

That's one of the reasons it's always nice to see new people on here.
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