OP back again. I watched for a couple days and the log DOES show that it's auto-scanning once daily, so I will call it good. The notification on the Defender screen only seems to pertain to the...

thanks. I will watch that log for a couple days and see what happens. I guess the problem for me, and others I'm sure, is that it is not real comforting thinking Defender will protect you when...

So David, in that top window where it showed a scan ran yesterday - that doesn't correlate with the "scan details" note at the bottom of the Defender App page. Does the note on the Defender page...

I enabled all tasks history like you said. In the top window, it DID show a scan yesterday that I was not aware of. In the other window under history, there is nothing. Are you saying that this...

Looked in there and saw only the event from 2 days ago. After reading hundreds of posts, it seems that this a quite common that the auto scan doesn't work. I think I will just go back to Mcafee or...

OK, so original poster back here - I have been watching to see what happens and Defender says real time protection is on. But it says that the last scan was yesterday morning, which is about 36...

Thanks. I wonder if by scheduling a daily scan, does it still do the random scans as well. Not that it matters, just really curious about how they built this program.

Thanks for the info, but I still don't understand what the default is. Like I mentioned, I see posts on how to schedule a scan, but I would like to know if it is already doing so by default. thanks.

So it doesn't do a scan at a certain time? I thought I had seen somewhere that it did a scan like at 3:00 in the morning or such.

Maybe another way to ask this is: I can find all kinds of...

Any more detail? What time does it run, does it leave a log, can I verify or change the time of scan, etc. ???

I just started using Windows Defender on my new Windows 10 PC. I uninstalled the Mcafee trial software through the control panel then used the Mcafee uninstall program as well. Initially, Defender...

Thank you VERY VERY much. Enjoy the rest of the slaughter, I mean game....

I just made the image !!!! I went with the default all six items checked. Set auto verify. Copied to a folder I created on the external drive. Took 18 minutes including verification. Message...

Thanks, I just made the folder on the drive and will do it now. Will post back when it's done.

Okay, I now have time to do the imaging finally. Still wondering what all I'm imaging though since all the tutorials and videos I watched on this didn't show all the things that show on my computer....

Yes, plugged into a USB3. Thanks for asking. Got all my ducks in a row now, will actually run it an a little while. Will let you know how it worked out.

Well, since they are all checked, I assume operating system, programs, files, and everything will be imaged. I see below that I can select "image" but I also see on the far left of the screen that I...

Just taking a look ahead at the Macrium program. It automatically checked six items as shown below. Since I would like to restore everything to normal if need be, should I go with all of the items?...

That is the one. I got it through Best Buy on a price match for $429 which I thought was a great deal. The thing is super fast, no waiting on anything. Of course this machine replaced a 13 year...

Yep, set it just like you said. I will make the image a little later after some chores this morning. It is very comforting to know that the recovery media works. Glad you pointed me into testing...

Gave it a shot and it booted into Marium from the USB flash first try just like you said. I then hit the little button in the lower left corner like you said and it asked me if I wanted to exit and...

Fantastic, I will PM you beforehand. Thanks, talk to you soon.

Not sure, I have to do some work for a while then might go to in-laws this evening with wife, a little unclear right now. To be safe, might just do it in the morning. Nothing worse that getting...

Thanks, I have some invoices I have to create and send this afternoon so to be safe I will try this later this evening in case I blow something up !!!! I will post back after I do try it. Thanks...

OKAY. Let me understand this before I give it a go.

First off, I have not created the image file yet, just the recovery media.

To test the recovery, I insert the flash drive, then reboot the...