Maintenance Wizard

The Maintenance Wizard is a new feature available with Windows 98. With this feature periodical maintenance jobs are carried out automatically, freeing the user from having to carry out these jobs manually. The Maintenance Wizard is accessed by clicking on the Start button in Windows and then selecting the following options in this order: Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Maintenance Wizard.

With Panda Antivirus 6.0, scheduled scans can be created to accomplish the same objective. However, in order to offer maximum integration with the operating system, Panda Antivirus 6.0 also offers the possibility of integration with the Maintenance Wizard.

The Maintenance Wizard starts by offering the possibility of executing all jobs active at that moment or configuring the defined jobs. If you choose to execute jobs, the one corresponding to Panda Antivirus 6.0 will be executed first. Subsequently, all other active jobs defined in the Maintenance Wizard will be executed.

If you decide to configure the different Maintenance Wizard jobs, the option to configure the Panda Antivirus 6.0 task will be presented first. The configuration options are as follows:

• Search for viruses regularly: this option permits you to enable the job.

• Mornings - 00:00 to 03:00: if this option is checked, the job will start at midnight every day.

• Days - 12:00 to 15:00: if this option is checked, the job will start at 12 noon every day.

• Afternoons - 20:00 to 23:00: if this option is checked, the job will start at 8 p.m. every day.

• Customized - Uses the current configuration: if this option is checked, the defined frequency will be used.

• Reprogram: by clicking on this button a window is displayed allowing you to specify the times for starting an automatic scan job.

• No, do not search for viruses: this option disables the job.

Note: some options are only available depending on the product purchased and the operating system configuration. For more information, see Differences between versions