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OK Guys, you had your laughs....... and I owe you an explanation. No I am no blonde but I didn't read the manual fully either so RTFM is in place. It suddenly struck me, why don't I GOOGLE "laptop mode bitdefender". Guess what showed up. Laptop Mode Laptop Mode is especially designed for laptop and notebook users. Its…

And now, as I start my system there is the warning again that an issue reguires my attention and, hey presto, the automatic update feature and the autoscan is turned off again. Please, anyone, can you help me with this issue? TIA Len

I am really puzzled by the behaveour of BD now. Since 2 days it downloads new updates and scans automatically. It looks like it behaves like it should now. This unpredictable behaveour makes me feel a bit insecure about my safety measures. Does anyone have a plausible explanation for this?

Hey Scott, I was using the security essentials from Microsoft before I used BD hwever, I m using a recently fresh installed version of Win 8 now. Where only BD was installed. Like the links that Georgia provided suggested, I used the uninstall / remove tool before I reinstalled my newly downloaded version of Bitdefender…

Hey Georgia, I did like suggested in the provided link. For two days it scanned and updated automatically. Yesterday however, I switched on the anti spam module. And today, the automatic update switch was turned of again. Strange behaviour don't you think? Sincerely, Len

Hi Len, Do you have Windows 8 by any chance? Please try following the step from this article: http://www.bitdefender.com/support/how-to-...ows-8-1052.html Please post back if you need further help on this matter, thank you! Hey Georgia, Thanks for the answer and sorry for my late response. Indeed I use Win 8 and I tried…

Hey doncht, Thanks for answering me and I am really puzzled by your reply. I will try your suggestion but I don't understand why this will work, especially for the daily updates. Thanks for helping me though. Sincerely, Len