Software Update, Check Daily: Never notifies me

I have my software update set to "Check Daily" and "Download in Background & Notify"
But in years, it has Never notified me of new updates.
If I hit "Check Now" it often DOES find new updates.
Why doesn't "Check Daily" work ?
Dual G4 1.25GHz MDD, OSX 10.4.10, 2 GB RAM, ethernet to DSL 10 Mbit ADSL2 modem.

Hello William:
Do a find on "plist." Trash anything that says com.apple.softwareupdate........ (there may be two or three). Restart. Enter your personal preferences. If the preference file(s) are corrupt, this will address that issue.
Incidentally, I am probably old school. I always check manually myself.
Barry

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