Windows Defender

[felly]

I have Windows Defender which came with Vista. Although I set it to do a daily scan, I recently found that it hadn't been doing the scan and on investigating further find that Defender does not come on automatically when I turn on my laptop as I think it is supposed to do so I am having to turn it on to do the scan. There doesn't seem to be an option for it to be turned on when you fire up your computer which I can understand as I am sure it should come on automatically. I'm wondering if anyone can advise me why I have this problem and how to solve it. Thanks.

[WesterServer]

Windows defender, should show up in the notification area every 2/3 days , i just click on it and do a quick scan, then it goes away for another couple days , in the end i got fed up with it and disabled it, i just got SWB, and Winpatrol for startup programs

[felly]

I have got AVG free so maybe that's the answer Noth3. WesterServer - what's the notification area - sorry not brilliant with computers.

[felly]

Thanks for your help Noth3.

[WesterServer]

notification area is Where your program icon's are to the very right of the task bar..

[felly]

Thanks WesterServer - I thought it might be there as I think I've seen the Defender icon there sometimes. Thanks for your help.