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A scheduled-task means the launch of a program or script at predefined times or after specified time intervals.

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Strange behavior from Invoke-WebRequest in scheduled task

I'm running a PowerShell script that posts data to an internal webserver over HTTPS. The SSL certificate is not valid. I'm using [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true} to accept the certificate and it works…
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Scheduled task deleting itself

I am using PowerShell to create scheduled tasks on my local machine, the Scheduled Task runs a PowerShell script to PowerShell remote into a server and copy files. When I run the Scheduled task using the option: - Run when user is logged on or not -…
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Windows Scheduled tasks ends prematurely, so server doesn't run

I'm trying to run Django on my Windows Server 2008 machine. I can do this manually by calling python manage.py runserver 54321, which launches Django's server at http://127.0.0.1:54321 -- then I can use reverse proxy in IIS to feed the site through…
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Windows Server 2003 Task Scheduler Fails to Kill Task Unless I'm Logged in

I am having problems with a process started by a Windows task that is not being killed properly after it has run for a pre-determined amount of time even though the Windows task is created to kill the process after the amount of time has…
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SMS paging sends a new number every time

We have set up SQL Server to send out alerts when jobs fail. Text messages are sent to 1234567890@txt.ATT.Net, and they show up on our phones. However, the alerts come in from a weird 9-digit number like (201)100-218, (201)100-219, (201)100-220..…
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Automated Logon with Macro backup script

I'm having some issues with an automated backup macro script I've written using Autohotkeys. My specific issue is that I need the script to run on a Windows based server at a given time during the night and run the macro in a Windowed environment.…
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Windows Server 2003 - AT command for repeating a scheduled Task

Is it possible to use the AT command to create a scheduled task that repeats every X minutes? I can use AT to make one that repeats daily/weekly/monthly, but haven't seen a minute/hourly repeat. I can use the task scheduler to create a task, but…
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Unable to create scheduled tasks

We are having an issue that appears to be domain wide. We First noticed this issue when attempting to install Metaframe Presentation server 4.5 during a trace of the installation I found that the issue is derived from the installers inability to…
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Scheduled Task to shutdown computer after 2 hours of inactivity?

We have around 900 machines in two locations. 95% of these machines are shared, and we find users don't log off or shutdown as often as they should to get updates. I thought I would create a scheduled task and roll it out via Group Policy to run…
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Windows Server 2008: How do I configure a scheduled task to run with the logged on user's permissions?

On Windows Server 2008 R2, with User Account Control enabled, I want to run Process Explorer (as Administrator) when I log in. Though I have administrative rights on the server, I am not the only person using it, nor am I authorized to do anything…
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Passing password from scheduled task to WGET --proxy-password argument?

I am trying to set up a daily scheduled download of files from an external web-server, using WGET, Windows' task-scheduler and command-scripts. Since WGET will be run on a server from within the company's internal network, it has to first connect…
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Running Network-Reliant Processes on Startup

I'm in charge of deploying and modifying a bit of in-house software that is meant to run on end-user workstations, which run either Windows 7 or XP SP3. The goal is to maximize the amount of time the software runs on node workstations. At present,…
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Running scheduled task in current profile with another user

I have a doubt about Windows scheduler: I created a domain user (backupuser) appositely to launch a batch file that starts the backup. The problem is that the batch is launched in the "backupuser" profile and it is not shown to the current user. How…
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Windows Security: can user read local files with only 'Log on as a batch job'?

A Windows Scheduled Task runs as serviceAccount@domain.tld on a 2008R2 server. The server's local disk has some files that Joe Blow should not see. Joe Blow knows the serviceAccount password. As far as I know, serviceAccount has no server privileges…
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GPO for Scheduled Task Server 2008 R2 (Computer reboot)

I am currently running into a bit of a problem. I am trying to create a GPO that reboots all computers in a specific OU at a specific time using Server 2008 R2 64 bit. I have gone into GP management, created a new GPO, went to computer…
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