task scheduler

hello, i'm running win7 ultimate x64. i have network backup utility that requires that i mount some network drives as the SYSTEM user. i created a bacth file to run at logon that works great. my issue is that this batch file contains plain-text password(s) that i would rather not have...

Fixes an issue in which a SynchronizeTime task starts at the wrong time. This issue occurs after you change the time zone settings on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Greetings all. I attempted to backup my systems the other day when I recieved an error code. After searching this forum, It was determined that the code made reference to the fact that a necessary service was not running, in this case the Task Scheduler. I have used the Services program (as an...

Hello I was trying to learn about the task scheduler and rid some programs by going to the program and unchecking what I thought would stop a schedule from performing. It worked with Ccleaner and another. Lojack is there also. I noticed sidebar execute there with only one other entry which was...

Hello I was setting up a program to run at schedule and noticed Ccleaner in the task scheduler. I never use the cleaner per se, only some other features. Should I remove it(hilite and delete) or is it there because I have used the Application cleaner ? Thank you Peter

I have windows 7 home Preium. I have a batch file I am trying to schedule. Can schedule It to run when the PC Is shut off? Or If the PC Is off at the schedule time and than you turn It on I would like the batch to run. I been trying to fiure It out. I can get It to run It the computer Is on and...

Hi, I'm having a problem trying to automatically run a basic .bat file in task scheduler in windows 7 64-bit. I have more complicated .bat files to schedule but I can't get a simple one to run. This is the .bat file: @ECHO OFF ECHO hello there... PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL It works fine...

How to use the Task Manager in Windows 7 Professional This is VERY troublesome. There are numerous comments and suggestions in various forums by frustrated users unable successfully to fight their way through the myriad of options that do not work seamlessly. What worked so easily under XP...

I have a Win7 Ultrabook. I'm using Areca backup software to backup my personal data. I created a Scheduled Task to run my backup weekly. I set it so that it would wake from sleep to run the task. But I'm having trouble finding a setting to tell it to return to sleep if it woke itself up. Is...

Using Task Scheduler, is there any way I can define a task that will run whenever the computer awakens from sleep? I need to schedule some reset operations on one of my services which will run each time my computer wakes up from sleep. Is there any way to do that in Task Scheduler? I can't...

Using Task Scheduler, is there any way to define a task that will run each time the computer wakes up from sleep? Or is there some other way to do that? I have a batch file that needs to be run each time the computer awakens from sleep. But I don't see an option for that under Triggers.

Fixes an issue in which Task Scheduler runs a missed task even though the "Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed" option is not selected. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Resolves vulnerabilities in Windows Task Scheduler that could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logged on to an affected system and ran a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on... More...

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You cannot obtain a developer license when you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Consumer Preview Consider the following scenario: •You install hotfix package 971033 (Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies) on a computer that is running Windows 7. •You try to...

Task Image is Corrupt or Has Been Tampered With. It Happens wilth all these tasks. Task Proxy: Task Scheduled Defrag: Task Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver: Task Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector Task WinSat: Task UpdateRecordPath: Task SqlLiteRecoveryTask...

CCleaner is one of the best freeware disk cleanup utilities available. Strangely enough, the program does not announce to users that it can actually be configured to run whenever (and as often) as you want via Task Scheduler. To do this, you first need to configure CCleaner the way you'd like...

Fixes an issue in which the Task Scheduler service runs the same job two times in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 . More...

I think this is a Win7 problem, because I got it to work on XP and I haven't on 7. Windows 7 Pro (32 bit) SyncToy downloaded from MS (32 bit) I configured it the same as I had it on the XP system, created folder pairs and ran them from the SyncToy GUI. I added a scheduled task which I think is...

I've long been using the same AT command to shutdown a PC after an after-hours backup, but it stopped working about 2 weeks ago. As a test I tried entering the following in a command window as user Administrator: at 19:15 /every:tuesday dir I kept the window open until after 19:15. Nothing...