Automation is usually applied when a large number of similar tasks have to be executed in a row. Examples of automation are: The processing and validation of user input through a set of rules. Automatically running system diagnostics every X time. Looking up information about songs and labelling ...
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How to send myself an email every 30 min as a reminder
I'm looking for an app (web or not) that will send me an email every 30 min until I stop it.
Why?
When I'm working on a special type of support case, I need to update my clients every 30 min. So, if ...
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Ubuntu: adding program to Startup Applications through a script
I know that on Ubuntu you can add a program into "Startup Applications" by going through a few mouse click. Is it possible to achieve the same through some shell script?
Thanks,
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Automation / Macro Software Languages, Libraries, or Tools
Based on this info, what automation tools / libraries / scripting languages do you suggest?
I have a C++ / C# backround
I have a Python future
I use Windows, but would very much prefer a ...
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How to get a remote desktop server (RDP) to automatically SSH back to a connecting client?
I am trying to automate the process of connecting to a Windows machine via RDP and then initiating an ssh tunnel back to the client machine.
The way I currently manually handle this:
I log into the ...
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Is there a program for Windows that will perform a predefined set of actions like a user? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Automating keystrokes and actions in Windows
Essentially what I want to do is run a predefined set of actions like Selenium, but I need it to go beyond the browser and ...
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How to give and pass input between separate programs?
There's so many individual, useful programs out there who's source code isn't available, some of which would integrate beautifully with each other! The only problem is I don't know how to enable ...
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Automatic application installer with pre-set options
We have to re-install this specific software with different settings every time.
Would it be possible to make a script or something(any idea is a good idea) to be able to pre-set the ...
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How to auto share to Google+ when share or like from Facebook? [migrated]
I love both sites but get tired quickly to double my time doing the share jobs e.g. like button, share button, ... on both site.
Is there a way to share in one site, says facebook, and that will be ...
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macro to make Outlook prompt me on open/close to turn Out of Office off/on
I would like to add a macro to Outlook 2007 that asks me when I shut it down if I want to turn the Out of Office Assistant on, and then asks me when I open Outlook if I want to turn Out of Office ...
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Timer to Enable/Disable a USB port in Windows?
I have a large multitouch screen that's connected to a windows computer. It is connected to the computer by Firewire, USB, and DVI for various signals. If you unplug any of those connections, the ...
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Start a bunch of programs in Windows in a given order
Each time I start working on my PC, I have a bunch of programs I have to start, some of which depends upon others.
I've tried to list them with their dependencies
Keepass
TrueCrypt
foobar2000 ...
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How to automatically upload e-mail attachments
When I have an e-mail with an attachment that exceeds usual limits (say 10 Mb),
I upload the file to a private remote FTP server (using a simple homemade PHP upload tool),
and I add the link to my ...
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robo ftp - How to reference uploaded file in Upload Complete event script
I have tried using %lastfile but it seems to be empty and refers to some batch command initiated by Robo FTP instead of after a [passive] receive.
Apart from the official web site, is there any other ...
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Mac OS X “hosts” file, can I include other files with it?
I am working on some automation scripts to configure my network settings, hosts file contents, and /etc/resolver files, when accessing different networks I frequent between.
There are some ...
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Adding terminal commands to MonoDevelop each time build is hit
Is it possible to have MonoDevelop also run a certain terminal command each time that you hit build?
For example, I'd like to have document generation automatically generated each time I build my ...
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Autoreply email based on condition
I am looking for a software or an addon for thunderbird which can help to reply or send email automatically based on defined condition.
For example, when I receive an email with content :
From : ...
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Mouse Positioning using AutoHotKey
I am trying to create a script (pls be aware that I am not a programmer) using AutoHotkey that opens a web site, positions the mouse at a specified clickable icon and click repeatedly in a ...
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How to trigger a check for updates in Firefox programatically or from a command line?
Is there a command line switch for firefox.exe or an "about:" url that will either force an update check or at least display the Help/About dialog, which checks for updates and tells if you're running ...
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Editing XML files [migrated]
I have some XML files and I need to edit them automatically.
For example
<Content>
<Texts>
<Text id="1">
<en value="blaabla" />
</Text>
<Text id="2">
<en ...
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Can I automatically delete or move files by date last opened properties?
I need to detect and move/delete files in directory by checking Date Last Opened properties. I will use the Belvedere Automated File Manager for this purpose.
But I have a little problem. When i ...
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How do I automatically convert academic papers (PDF) for reading on a Kindle?
I got a Kindle for Christmas and I'd like to read some academic papers on it. Almost all of those papers are in either PostScript or the PDF format and made for A4-sized paper. See the example here.
...
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Automating HTTP GET/POST in OSX
I need to release my IP address at the router on an hourly basis. The router page needs simple authentication and a button click to do the process. These are the HTTP calls:
Authenticate
GET ...
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Telling any program to perform some action
In linux (Ubuntu 10.04) is there a command line way to tell a program to preform an action? Let's say, for example, tell pid 12345 to execute "Ctrl+S" without stealing focus from my current window?
I ...
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Waiting for a virtualbox automated guest login to complete
Is there way to tell if an automated logon to a virtualbox windows guest has completed?
I'm currently using virtualbox machines as part of a test process on windows, but at the moment I have to ...
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1answer
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Outlook 2007 Calendar - want to automate moving calendar a day ahead
I have a display board outside of a conference room that continuously shows an Outlook calendar for the conference room bookings. Right now it requires that someone log onto the host pc and manually ...
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Software for robotic-like job
What's the software that can help on my boring repetitive job?
My daily job involve lots of data entry, copy paste, using internal system to search/input/add and look for data. AFAIK there's some ...
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Internet Explorer DNS cache location
It is known that IE has its own DNS cache. I want to clear it at times. I know that I can do it by clearing browsing history in IE settings. But I'm looking for automatic method, so the location in ...
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How can I automatically copy files from an usb stick onto my Windows computer when it's plugged in? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Automatically copy files to USB drive when connected
I have some Windows computers and an application I want installed on them (I want it in the users home directory, so ...
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Any hint on FLOSS Public Information Display System?
I am searching for a public information display system (only free and open source) which can display selected information on selected times of the day of the week. The software should be able to ...
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How can I prevent applications from trespassing on my precious desktop space?
I like to keep my desktop clean. I have a single icon one my desktop: the recycle bin. Any other icon that shows up on the desktop quickly will end up in the recycle bin.
When you sensible install ...
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2answers
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How to restart a program automatically
I´m using
Windows 7 Ultimate
Flash Media Live Encoder (FME)
I´m using a cmd file to start FME, the file (watch.cmd) points to the Flash Media Encoder.exe file, and also to the profile with the ...
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Auto-setup Microsoft Outlook SMTP server according to connected network
I'm using the same computer at home and at work. Each time I want to send an email, I have to change the account's SMTP server (to set ISP or local network one).
Is there a way to programmatically ...
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How do I learn bash shell scripting?
I am a mac user and a web developer and I would like to create automated tools to manage my workflow. Say a single command to start up a type of website.
What parts of bash shell scripting should I ...
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Jobs with anacron won't run
I would like to run two bash scripts daily using anacron in order to backup some data.
Unfortunately I can't figure out why said scripts are not executed. For test purposes I let cron execute the ...
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How to sum cells depending on the content of a neighbor cell
I have an Excel document with the following columns;
Date | Reference | Amount
23/01/11 | 111111111 | £20.00
25/09/11 | 222222222 | £30.00
11/11/11 | 111111111 | ...
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Automated capturing of screen using “Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen Capture” command line operations
I want to capture screen output automatically from within my TestComplete test program. For this i found the free limited version of "Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen Capture" which I want to ...
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Implementing an automation task
I am looking to implement some automation on my computer.
I want to copy a file from a source directory into multiple folders of a target directory, and rename each copy to its original name plus the ...
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Any Autohotkey alternative for KDE/Linux?
I am looking for alternative to great Windows app AutoHotKey.
So far I've found only AutoKey which can be quite usefull, and may know more then I think, but the documentation is sparse, and it mostly ...
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Auto Startup and Shutdown on Windows XP? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I start an off PC remotely?
How can I automatically let my Windows boot and shutdown?
I have an old desktop computer that's running Windows XP. I'm thinking of ...
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Copy files from USB flash drive on insert
Is there a way to automatically (on insert) copy all files from specific folder on USB stick to computer's Documents/metafiles/{TODAY_DATE_HERE}/ ?
P.S. I can't use autorun.inf on USB drive as ...
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What is the fastest way to read more than 150 DVDs? [closed]
We have over 150 DVDs that we need to copy the data off of. There is no time crunch, but I don't want to have someone manually swap DVDs for two weeks. Does anyone know of an automated way to get this ...
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3answers
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Windows 7: Automatially login and lock
I want to configure Windows 7 to login automatically after the computer is switched on. That's not because I'm lazy and don't like typing passwords. That's because I want programs that are configured ...
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Automated setup of Eclipse?
I work for a company that uses Eclipse and a bunch of plugins for their development environment.
I'm trying to come up with an automated way to install everything(eclipse, and plugins) and configure ...
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2answers
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Is there a way to automatically run scripts based on conditions on PC/Mac/Linux, like Tasker for Android?
I'm not thinking about pure scheduled tasks, but rather things where a daemon in the background will automatically trigger a script when certain conditions are met.
For those who have used Tasker on ...
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What's the most reliable, accurate & least manual shopping/expenses paper receipt/bill/invoice automated OCR scanner solution (hw+sw) on Windows? [closed]
I'm looking to automate tracking my expenses by scanning in receipts/bills/invoices from purchases at shops etc.
What's the most reliable (i.e. most accurate and consistent) and least manual ...
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Why did Chrome install a Firefox plugin? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the “Google update” Firefox add-on?
I have "Google Update" installed, why did Chrome do that? Can't it update itself?
Or is this extension just to ...
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How to automate software installation?
We make various software at my university and it's now my job to automate the daily build installations.
Does anyone know a tool that would automate the installations? The installations are regular ...
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Installing Same Windows Enviroment on Two Exact Same Computers
I have two computers which have the exact same hardware and I'm looking to install the exact same environment on each computers (Windows 7 Professional I will be using).
Obviously I need to change ...
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Hidden Files on Flash Drive
I was just handed a flash drive by a co-worker. When plugged into a windows machine, some logic on the device opens a run dialog, types in a URL letter by letter, and then presses enter in some way to ...
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How do I make a batch file that will automatically press a key?
I want to create a simple batch file that will press a key automatically so that my computer won't automatically shut down after a long time of being away from the keyboard. Is that possible?
My ...
