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How do I configure LiveUpdate to only check for updates at certain times?
The workstation is unmanaged. I am running Symantec Antivirus version 10.0.0.359.

I just need to get live update to stop updating all the time. I need to tell it when it is ok to check for updates and download them.

Thanks!
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It is unmanaged because the owner of the company does not want to pay for the yearly updates. If you run the clients unmanaged, they will update forever. We have been running like this since Version 8.1. I personally would love to have a managed enviroment. But thet $1500 a year fee is too much for the owner.

Can I schedule manual updates with the task scheduler?

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Thanks for the update on the Licensing. I'm just doing what I'm paid to do. That is find a way to control when the clients run Live update. Now, with that being said, is there any way to control when a unmanaged SAV 10.0 client runs liveupdate? Does it really need to be managed? Can I run liveupdate from the command line? Maybe I can setup live update run as a scheduled task from a batch file?



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Yes. I can manually run liveupdate. It would be nice to be able to run it from a batch file. Then I could schedule it with task scheduler and be done with it. Does anyone know if liveupdate can be run from command line and the switches it will take?

Ok. I figured this one out. But I am going to award points since alanhardisty was "johnny on the spot" and did a great job giving me a direction to run in!

On SAV 10.0 go to the file menu, chose "Schedule Updates". All of my machines were set to update once a week on Friday at 8pm. That is why my T1 was getting hosed every friday. I changed the schedule there and now everything should be fine. I am setting the machines to update individually about 30 mins apart daily between 12:00am and 6:00am. This should fix my connectivity issue I was having.

Thanks!!