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I want to run a task every time I sit down at my computer, so that I will effectively run the task once when the computer ceases to be idle. I can't see a way to do this. Any suggestions?

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  • May we know the task you wish to run? Have you much experience of Task Scheduler?
    – Guy Thomas
    Jan 5, 2013 at 20:56
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    So you want a task to run automatically as soon as you start using the PC? Is it too hard to, for example, manually click a shortcut? Otherwise as Guy said, configure Group Policy settings and use Task Scheduler as mentioned here to trigger the task based on event IDs for specific criteria, such as logon/logoff, workstation lock/unlock, screensaver start/end etc.
    – Karan
    Jan 5, 2013 at 23:57
  • It is not critical, but I want to log the time spent actually sitting at the pc. I have a little Autohotkey program that I wrote that will do some things in the background for me. I could click a shortcut, but I don't trust myself to. I could also create an event to happen at login, but I prefer not to sign in and out on this pc. There are other ways, but as far as I can tell, this is the optimal solution for what I am looking to do. I will check the link.
    – dgo
    Jan 7, 2013 at 6:00
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    I was unaware of screensaver end event. That may do it.
    – dgo
    Jan 7, 2013 at 6:00

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