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hamlet

join:2001-05-23
Fort Worth, TX

reply to Mele20
Re: Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system

I am pretty sure that even if you hide the icon, the scheduling and updating service is still working. You can access them by starting f-prot in full mode. I agree that it would be nice if all f-prot functions could be accessed via one tray icon, but maybe that will come in the next realease, whenever that is.

Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
reply to haha15
Hmm...well I only had F-Prot for a 30 day trial about nine months ago. Maybe I have just forgotten and I did have two icons.

haha15

join:2005-07-04
reply to mers2
I don't think those two icons can be merged into one for F-Prot.

haha15

join:2005-07-04
reply to Mele20
No, you missed the point. The scheduler is not only for regular scan, it's for regular update too. So you must always make sure it is running.


mers2
Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
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reply to haha15
Avast has two icons as default but you have the option of merging the two icons into one. Have you checked to see if there is an option to merge icons in F-Prot?
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mongol

join:2004-06-21
Friendswood, TX
reply to Mele20
Heck two icons are nothing, DrWEB has three of 'em. But each does serve a purpose. Curious to see what the new DrWEB 4.33 has in store. Maybe a new facelift...wait and see...

Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI

reply to haha15
Ah! That is why I didn't see two icons when I had F-Prot. I immediately turned off the scheduler. I always do that with any AV. I don't schedule any scans. I do a scan when something happens to make me feel it is needed. I haven't fully scanned this XP box in six months.
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haha15

join:2005-07-04

reply to hamlet
Re: Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system tray

said by hamlet See Profile:

Hi. F-Prot does show two icons by default. One is for the real time monitor and one is for the scheduler. If you right click on the scheduler icon and select "settings", you can turn off the display of the scheduler icon in the system tray.

If you choose to hide the icon for scheduler, you have no convenient way to know if scheduler is running.

hamlet

join:2001-05-23
Fort Worth, TX
reply to haha15
Hi. F-Prot does show two icons by default. One is for the real time monitor and one is for the scheduler. If you right click on the scheduler icon and select "settings", you can turn off the display of the scheduler icon in the system tray.

haha15

join:2005-07-04
reply to haha15
F-Prot has two icons permanently, not concerning updater


John2g
Qui Tacet Consentit
Premium
join:2001-08-10
England
reply to haha15
Ask here: »www.f-prot.com/support/contact_support.html

dannyboy 950
Premium
join:2002-12-30
Port Arthur, TX
reply to haha15
AVG7 runs 2 icons in the task bar when the updater is running. Perhaps that is what you are seeing.

Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI

reply to haha15
Re: Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system

said by haha15 See Profile:

haha, I didn't know NOD had three icons in systray. It sounds absurd.
It doesn't NOW. That was two years ago with version 1. One icon was for the real time monitor, one for the on demand monitor and one for the email monitor. Version 2 combined them into one icon.

It doesn't make sense that F-Prot 3.15 would have one icon and 3.16 would have two. I don't understand what you said it says when you hover means. That makes no sense to me. Maybe there is something wrong with your copy or your computer? I find it hard to see why Frisk would go from one icon to two and with a minor upgrade at that.
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haha15

join:2005-07-04

reply to dp
said by dp See Profile:

said by haha15 See Profile:

Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system tray? Why cannot it use one icon to indicate all its processes? It's simply unreasonable.
One may be the schedular. What does it say when you hover the mouse over each one of them?
I said one variable icon can indicate the status of all processes just like with other antivirus.


dp
Go Steelers
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join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA
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reply to haha15
said by haha15 See Profile:

Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system tray? Why cannot it use one icon to indicate all its processes? It's simply unreasonable.
One may be the schedular. What does it say when you hover the mouse over each one of them?
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haha15

join:2005-07-04
reply to Mele20
haha, I didn't know NOD had three icons in systray. It sounds absurd.

Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI

reply to haha15
NOD32 used to have THREE icons in the systray.

I don't know why F-Prot has two. It didn't when I had 3.14 and 3.15 versions. It must be some change in the 3.16 version which I knew I wouldn't like. 3.15 was the last really good version until the long awaited 4.0 finally arrives.
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Around 2005 a sudden spark will catalyze a Crisis mood. The very survival of the nation will seem to be at stake.Sometime before 2025, America will pass through a great gate in history. The risk and promise will be very high. The Fourth Turning Wm. Straus

haha15

join:2005-07-04
Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system tray

Why stupid F-Prot has two icons in the system tray? Why cannot it use one icon to indicate all its processes? It's simply unreasonable.
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