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    Default scheduled scan does not honor scan priority?

    I have configured SBSD to run at scan priority "Lower". I have scheduled a weekly batch job to perform a scan. I expected the scheduled scan to run at the lower priority. What I actually observe is that the SpybotSD.exe run by the batch job runs at priority "8" which is "Normal" priority. What might I be doing wrong or misunderstanding about the scan priority option?

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    Windows XP SP3

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    Hello,

    Did you use the sheduler in Spybot itself to shedule the scan?
    Did you enter a password in order to run a sheduled scan?

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    Hi Sandra. Yes, I used the scheduler in Spybot itself to schedule the scan. I do not enter a password to run the scan; I am not prompted for one.

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    Hello,

    Please see:
    Scheduled Tasks cannot run without a password/or with a blank password

    There is workaround for the password requirement in Windows XP.
    See the following thread:
    Scheduling a Spybot scan under Windows XP

    Best regards
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    Hi Sandra. The articles you sent me have to do with a problem of scheduled tasks not running. I am not having that problem. The problem I am having is that the scheduled task is running at the scan priority "Normal", not the scan priority "Lower" which I had selected in the Spybot configuration.

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    Was there ever a solution to this problem?

    Peace...

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