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Questions tagged [scheduled]

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What is the best time to schedule regular updates on inhouse production server?

Given an inhouse server running in production mode I would like to keep the impact on the users as low as possible when deploying regular updates (to the server itself, not the user machines .. but that would be a pretty similar problem). The…
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To create a scheduled task which can execute without user logged on --using vbscript

I need to execute a file on a remote machine without logging into the machine. I created scheduled task for the same. PFB the code snippet scheduled_task = "schtasks /Create /S <> /SC nologon /TN install /TR c:\Temp\msgbox1.vbs /ST " & Hour(now) &…
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Hidden Periodic Screenshots on a corporate workstation?

Can anyone recommend something that allows us to take hidden periodic screenshots of a workstation? We have a user who we believe is abusing his computer privileges. We have our suspicions that he may be playing games, etc. We need to monitor his…
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how to schedule a task on all weekdays and then disable only on holidays

We would like to scheduled a task on Windows Server on all weekdays. At the same time, the task should be disabled on the holidays. Please advise.
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Win2K8 R2 Scheduled Task Fault Tolerance

I have two identical servers running Windows 2008 R2. I am using DFS Replication to keep a few shares in sync between the two servers. Each server is a Domain Controller and each server can function in the event the other becomes unavailable…
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Win2008 Scheduled task won't start 7zip.exe

I made a backup tool for MS SQL Express that -daily- backs up, 7zips and uploads the zipped files via FTP. It is a program made in VB.net, built as an .EXE with a .config file. One of the functions calls a file "7zip.exe". Anyway, on Win2003 (20…
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How do you document and manage scheduled tasks?

We use scheduled tasks/cron jobs to perform many important tasks in Windows and linux. Moving files between machines Making a quick backup of files before they're processed Loading data into databases Restarting services if necessary How do you…
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Scheduled Mail in asp.net

Hai Guys, My application deals scheduled mail concept (i.e) every morning 6.00 am my users gets a remainder mail about their activities for the day... I dont know how to do this.... Many told use windows service but i will host my website…
Chendur Paandian
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Help for creating a bat file to schedule a backup

I have a mdb file at C:\Program Files\ApplcationName\filename.mdb. Please let me know the COPY command to take a backup using .bat file to a folder C:\Backup. In short i am having probles because of the space between "Program" and…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 User to Run Scheduled Tasks Under

On Windows Server 2008 R2, one must specify a user for each scheduled task to run under. We have a policy whereby each domain user must change their password every 30 days. This creates a problem, as we have many scheduled tasks that need to run…
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Scheduled Remote Desktop Manager With Credentials

I've a lot of servers with Windows Server and remote desktop enabled. For a problem with the windows domain, servers occasionally not perform the login process. So to solve this problem, I need a software or script that allows me to schedule logins…
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