"Brink" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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> > PaulZ;727110 Wrote: >> Apologies for posting here , but I've seen Avast! recommended several >> times >> and a search of the Avast Forum hasn't really answered my question. >> I'd like to install Avast on my parent's computer. They run in a >> Limited >> User account ( Vista Home Premium ) and I would like to know if all the >> functions work correctly ? Particularly updating ? Some forum posts >> seem to >> indicate that it has to be updated manually ? I would install it using >> the >> Admin account of course , but I'd like to know how it runs in a Limited >> account before I go ahead. >> >> TIA >
> Hi Paul,
>
> Avast will run and scan in all user accounts, but it's manual updates can
> only be done from within an administrator account or provide the
> administrator password to. The definition updates automatically update
> themselves, but it seems that Program updates need to be done manually
> despite being set to automatic.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.* Thanks !! As long as the definitions update OK , that's all I care about for
the time being. I tried Comodo Antivirus on an XP box , and it wouldn't !