Why scanning is important
To find updates, Oil Change must know which products are installed on your computer. To get this information, Oil Change scans your computer the first time you run the program and displays a list of the products that it recognizes in the Supported Applications and Drivers dialog box. This list is also saved on your disk drive; and each time you run Oil Change, you receive a message asking whether you want to use the existing list or have Oil Change rescan your computer.
When to scan
If you have installed new hardware and software, you should let Oil Change rescan. Another important reason to rescan at regular intervals is that CyberMedia constantly adds to the product information in the CyberMedia ActiveHelp server. You may have products installed that Oil Change did not recognize previously, but have been added to the ActiveHelp server database since Oil Change performed its last scan. Rescanning ensures that the list of products on your computer is kept in sync with the products in the ActiveHelp server database.
Scheduling automatic scans
You can schedule a scan to occur at various time intervals, such as daily, monthly, on weekdays, when you start your computer, and so on. Use the Scan tab in Options on the Oil Change main window to set up a schedule.
Tip
Your computer needs to be running and Oil Change should be closed for the scheduled scan to take place.
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