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Windows 7 does not sleep after waking task is finished (Sleep after backup)
Background: Before upgrading to a newer mainboard/CPU, Acronis True Image would wake my machine from sleep, run a backup and after about two minutes put the machine back to sleep. I would like to ...
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Send a file from Windows to Unix as a nightly schedule
Let's say I have a common directory on a Windows server such as: \\servername\location\common. During the day, any user can come and add/remove files to that Windows directory.
How would I setup a ...
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After scheduled Microsoft Security Essentials scan finishes, whole system is slow
I have scheduled Microsoft Security Essentials (on Windows 7) to scan my whole hard drive every night at 2 a.m. When I start using my computer in the morning, the scan is complete, but the whole ...
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Windows scheduler - Tasks not running when user not logged in
I have Windows Server 2003, with schedules setup via Remote Desktop under one account. That account appears in the 'creator' column too. I have 'Run only if logged on' unticked.
When I have logged ...
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Schtasks can't run .bat file in windows server 2003
I have a problem with running a .bat file in windows 2003. If I change the user to Admin, I can run it without any problem, but with SYSTEM as user, it will not run. The command is:
SCHTASKS /Create ...
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run as “NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM” is ideal for scheduled tasks?
I have a backup / autoupdate process for my software, and usually I create a new user for running it in task scheduler (most users don't have a password, and task scheduler needs it, don't know why).
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - How to copy a scheduled task
System: Windows Server 2008 R2
I would like to create a new scheduled task that is extremely similar to an existing task. It would be a pain to write down or type out all the settings.
Is there a ...
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Have the at command return the job id of the task just submitted
Is it possible to have the at command return somehow the job id it just submitted when used from within a script? (kind of like $? retrieves the last exit code or $$/$! retrieve the PID of the command ...
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How can at execute a command from the command line
How can I schedule a command using at without having to include the command in a distict file, neither from the mini at shell that reads from standard input?
That is I want to execute the command
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What permissions are needed to run schtasks.exe on windows 2003 server
The help file for schtasks.exe reads:
SCHTASKS /parameter [arguments]
Description:
Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and
end scheduled tasks on a local or remote ...
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“Access is denied” when trying to run new Scheduled Task 0x80070005
We are using the wonderful NTBackupScript on a Windows 2003 server to automate our backups with the built-in NTBackup. I've used this successfully in the past to run totally automated and bombproof ...
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Minimum user permission to assign service user for scheduled task that runs taskkill.exe
I've been asked to create a scheduled task that manages another scheduled task on a Windows 2003 Server. Both the initial task and the manager task are batch files. The manager task needs to kill the ...
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How can I use Task Scheduler to schedule a .jar file?
I have an executable jar file and I am trying to create a scheduled task for every day using windows Task Scheduler I go through the following steps:
open Task Scheduler -> Create Basic Task -> ...
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How can I recognize a running batch file in task manager?
I run a few batch files as SYSTEM (as services) and they appear as cmd.exe in tasklist. Sometimes I need to terminate one of them but I cannot decide which cmd.exe to terminate.
Plus; I run many ...
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Computer slows to a crawl at 10AM-10:06AM everyday due to nvstor64
Windows 7 x64
I have checked the task scheduler and I don't see anything that is scheduled to run during that time frame.
I have watched the task manager during the slow period and nothing it taking ...
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How can I open a specific URL every 9 hours in Windows?
I need my computer to open a specific URL every 9 hours, even when the computer is locked (Win-key + L).
How can I achieve that?
I must add that I have zero knowledge about scripting for Windows.
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How can I run a scheduled task as SYSTEM
I can't add SYSTEM account in task scheduler. When I try to add it becomes MYDOMAIN\SYSTEM and I get invalid user error.
Can I use SYSTEM account to run a scheduled task?
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Windows task scheduler to execute tasks in seconds
I'm looking for an open source/free task scheduler for Windows 7 (development machine) that will allow me to schedule tasks (HTTP requests to a web service) to run every x seconds.
I've tried a ...
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How to schedule a windows task to repeat every day within a time range?
In Windows 7, how to schedule a task which repeats every hour, every day but within a time range. I have a script which needs to run everyday from 08:00 to 20:00 in 1 hour interval.Could not find any ...
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Windows 7 Task Scheduler won't run Matlab script
I am trying to run a Matlab script every day using the Windows Task Scheduler. I am using Matlab R2011b 64-bit, and Windows 7. According to Matlab, a script myfile.m can be run from the command line ...
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How Do I Investigate a CPU Usage Spike Without Being Present?
I have a server that's mysteriously using up a lot of CPU late at night, when it shouldn't be under heavy load. This causes some database calls to time out, and I've set up some alerts in PerfMon to ...
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Scheduled task disappeared from the Task Library the next day
We have a Win7 Pro 32-bit system where we want to schedule a daily backup to run at 1pm. The task was created yesterday morning. It ran fine that afternoon. It didn't run today. When the Task ...
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Is it possible to schedule my laptop to mute and unmute at a specific time?
I always used to wake up to my favorite radio station on my alarm clock. However, I have moved and can no longer get that radio station over the air. To solve this problem, I would like to stream the ...
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Scheduling Malware Scans in Kaseya
I recently began setting up a kaseya server which will be deployed over a bunch of different networks and one thing I would like to be able to do is to set it so I can simply choose a machine and scan ...
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Accessing Environment Variables in a Scheduled Task
When setting up a scheduled task, for the action section I'm trying to access an environment variable for the location of the executable that I wish to run. This is mainly because on one machine the ...
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Are startup items, services, and scheduled tasks the only things that run without my explicit involvement?
On a virgin out-of-the-box Windows machine, and before making any Internet connection, if I wish to remove or disable any applications that might run without my explicit consent, is it sufficient to ...
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How to schedule a task for sleep/hibernate [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any way to execute something when closing the laptop's lid?
I have a task that I want to run right before my computer sleeps or hibernates. Is there a way ...
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Automated Emailing Application [closed]
I'm looking for a solution that will enable me to automate/schedule an email to individuals listed on a CSV file. I want to be able to embed data fields from the CSV into the message. In other words, ...
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How can I open a URL on a schedule in the default browser?
I'm looking for a mechanism to open a single URL in the user's current default browser on a schedule/recurring basis.
I know that if I was writing .Net code to do this, I could simply do something ...
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How do I make a scheduled action in Windows XP?
I need to run MyProg.exe every 5 minutes. How do I do it?
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Windows Task Scheduler CPU utilization trigger
I'm attempting to kick off a piece of code I wrote when the CPU Usage reaches a specifiable percentage.
Can anyone direct me on how to accomplish this? Thus far I've tried using the task scheduler ...
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Will Windows Scheduled Tasks execute if the computer was off at the scheduled time?
If I schedule a task using windows task scheduler for, say, 2 minutes from now, and for some reason the computer is shut down 1 minute from now, and turned on 3 minutes from now, will the task that ...
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Windows task scheduler not running batch file on network drive
I have a batch file that I'd like to run with the Task Scheduler. Running the batch file manually works fine. If the batch file resides on the C:\ drive, task scheduler runs it fine, but if the ...
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Display Image With No Window
I have a scheduled task that runs on my user machines at startup that currently brings up a 'configuring your station' style message in a command prompt window that is replaced by a vbscript msgbox ...
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Windows Task Scheduler: Schedule task to run once every 10 seconds
In my windows, I want to schedule a windows service to start once every 10 seconds. I tried using the windows task scheduler but it only gives me an option to repeat the service daily, weekly and ...
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Scheduling an XP Weekly Task Without a Start Time
I need to schedule a backup task to run every week using the Windows XP Scheduler (Home Edition with SP 3).
I would like it to run every Saturday, but how can I make it not time-specific, so it will ...
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Scheduled backup of certain directories in Windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 and I need to schedule a daily backup that does the following:
The schedule needs to run daily at 7pm
The backup needs to generate a compressed archive of selected backup ...
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Scheduled Tasks Properties in PowerShell?
I am not sure how to do this in PowerShell, but I dont think it is supported.
For example:
$tasks = schtasks /query
Will store all the tasks into the variable $tasks
Example output:
Folder: ...
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Schedule tasks via shell in mac os x
I am writing some C++ code and would like that every 60 minutes, the code is "uploaded" to my external SVN repository. For doing this I just do "svn ci -m "some comment", but I want to do it ...
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Schedule powershell script with admin priviliges
I want to schedule a powershell script to run on my windows 7 system everyday with admin priviliges.
How do I do so?
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Outlook 2010 cheaper/free replacement
I am very pleased with Outlook 2010 but since I can't use it anymore I have two big options : buy it or search for a decent cheaper/free replacement.
What I need from that programa/suite is :
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Windows system idle condition
I'm looking that there are some tasks that are embedded with Windows that runs when system goes to idle state (such as Scheduled Defrag, System Restore, DefenderScan and RegistryBackup).
However, ...
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HP laptop (Windows 7 x64) turns itself on @11:30am every day
My HP laptop wakes up from sleep every day at 11:30am by itself. No tasks scheduled for that time (either user or Windows tasks).
No AV scans or updates scheduled for that time. Auto-defrag & ...
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Windows 7 Task Scheduler to start application in user session
When adding a new scheduled task, the application being launched will run in session 0, which means that the windows won't display. Is there any way to let Task Scheduler start the process in the user ...
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Run a scheduled task on a remote XP machine from Windows 7
This is very similar to the question asked here over at Stack Overflow:
The question and answer here works fine when trying to run a remote task on a Windows 7 machine FROM a Windows 7 machine, but ...
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Any ideas for a funny joke to play on person who will be using my computer? (today is my last day at this job) [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
April Fools jokes?
I was thinking I could set the scheduler to run something in the future at a certain date...but not sure what.... They will log on the domain under a ...
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Software to make scheduling easier
Overview
I have a set of duties I must schedule employees for. The duties recur weekly over a two-month period. There are a number of constraints that define a good schedule. (See below for ...
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Should I worry about Daylight saving time when planning to schedule backups?
So if there is a day:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
when we have to e.g.: set our clock back from 3am to 2am. Ok.
So if someone creates a cron job at 3am, ...
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Schedule programs to run as admin in the background
Is there a way I can schedule tasks to run on a Windows XP machine in the background with administrative rights?
For example if I want to run an anti-virus program at 3pm everyday with administrative ...
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Run task on reconnect to remote desktop (not login)
Is it possible to run a task when a user reconnects to a remote desktop session? Some software is running on a machine that cannot be run as service and must always run, but I also need to trigger ...
