I've been using a clean install of W8 Pro for a couple of weeks now and while I have installed some of my usual programs I have not yet installed any standalone AV, firewall, or other "Security" programs. Late last night I decided to try a full scan for the first time, left it running and went to bed. The scanned "file count" was increasing rapidly as one might expect and while the green "progress bar" was filling it was happening quite slowly (I didn't watch long enough to see if there ever was any indicator showing "% completed" or "% remaining "...)
This morning there was absolutely NOTHING on the screen, no messages, no alerts, no "results" or "problems found" or even any indication that the scan itself ever completed...? (I still pretty much use the "desktop" with the bottom taskbar for now and haven't done much playing with Metro Tiles yet ). When I open Defender I cannot find any "scan history" records either...I understand that Windows strives to maintain itself "automatically" for the majority of users that never care to even know what really goes on behind the scenes, but I relish getting into the cybernetic "nuts and bolts" of it and — if not having way more control of things, at least knowing what's going on (or "what happened")
Surely there must be a way to make it all more transparent..?
Philip
This morning there was absolutely NOTHING on the screen, no messages, no alerts, no "results" or "problems found" or even any indication that the scan itself ever completed...? (I still pretty much use the "desktop" with the bottom taskbar for now and haven't done much playing with Metro Tiles yet ). When I open Defender I cannot find any "scan history" records either...I understand that Windows strives to maintain itself "automatically" for the majority of users that never care to even know what really goes on behind the scenes, but I relish getting into the cybernetic "nuts and bolts" of it and — if not having way more control of things, at least knowing what's going on (or "what happened")
Surely there must be a way to make it all more transparent..?
Philip
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