Hi all. I’ve been using avast for a long time and recently realized that I didn’t need to have all the usual providers running. I don’t use IM or P2P so I disabled those providers.
However, I stopped a provider that I’d like to start using again but when I right click the avast icon in the system tray, the resume provider menu thingy is greyed out, stopping me from being able to access it.
I apologize ahead of time if this is an old issue that was resolved long ago. I just joined this forum tonight. Can anyone help me figure out why I can’t access the resume provider menu?
Which provider and how did you stop it?
Have you tried left clicking the avast button to bring up the on-acces screen and select the provider you want to resume and click the Start button?
Thank you for the speedy reply. Now I feel real stupid. I forgot that if you double left click the icon you get a whole different interface. You made me realize that I was being a mental weenie. Thanks for your input, oh, and don’t tell anyone else I asked this question…
Welcome to the forums.
More stupid would have been not to ask, I won’t tell anyone if you don’t ;D
However, if the resume provider in the right click context menu is grayed out, that is effectively saying you haven’t got any providers paused. You could have Terminated a provider, which would stop it not pause it, in that case the resume would be grayed out as no providers are paused.
DavidR…
I made that very mistake earlier…
Original Poster,
The Resume only works if a provider is paused, not stopped (terminated)…
hi there mates,
what should I do if I terminated a provider and want it back again ?
Start it again, open the avast On-Access Scanners interface, left click on the avast icon in the system tray.
I feel very stupid ;D
thank you for the reply David…
cheers…
What about the Stop/Start On-Access Protection item at the bottom of the right-click menu? Is “Start” only shown as an option if you’ve stopped all providers?
(Edit) Never mind, just answered my own question. I stopped the I.M. provider, and that menu item still shows as “Stop … Protection”. So it looks like “Start” is an option only if all have been stoppped.
As I have said before not so stupid as not to ask ;D
Welcome to the forums.