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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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Run Scheduled Tasks once every 30 minutes

How should I configure scheduled tasks in Plesk control panel to make it run every 30 minutes instead of only at a specified time? I use plesk 9.3.0...
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Every month, scheduled task fails and password must be reset - why?

[NOTE: I posted this originally at StackOverflow but it got no traction there - reposting here.] We have a bit of software installed at a few client locations that runs (via Windows task scheduler) a few times each day. In ONLY ONE of the client…
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Creating a Scheduled Task that runs forever on Windows XP

When I create a scheduled task, I do so via command line: schtasks.exe /Create /TN "startup-script" /TR "C:\startup.bat" /RU taskuser /RP taskpasswd /SC ONLOGON The idea is that this task run forever. The batch opens a java process that is…
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What is Last Run Result (0x80042000)?

No matter what I do, my task exits with "Last Run Result" 0x80042000. It claims to pass successfully, but it's not doing anything -- the process appears for an instant and then disappears. If I do Start/Run and type in the exact same command, then…
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Remote reboot of windows to knoppix

I am attempting to develop an Auditing application. This audit application will be employed on windows networks. The Audit will need to discover Hardware and software details of all machines attached to the network (including Printers) I do not want…
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Only half of my pbs/Torque jobs are being scheduled

My supercomputing center recently moved from SGE to pbs/Torque. Now, when I schedule my array jobs, only half of the jobs in the array get scheduled. When they finish, the other half get scheduled. This happens despite the fact that they are largely…
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cwrsync on Server 2008 R2 as a scheduled task

I have a an rsync(cwrsync) batch file set up to run, backing up several directories daily to a backup server via ssh. I set this batch file to run as a scheduled task, however it does not seem to. Things run perfectly if I run the batch file while…
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What are the minimum permissions a McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Scheduled Scan needs to run?

A fairly simple one. We have a server, we should be doing a scheduled scan. The scan uses a scheduled task which requires a user account, what permissions should that account have? We don't fancy leaving it to run as an administrator. EDIT: I have…
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VNC Job scheduling

Does anyone have any experience with synchronizing files across multiple machines at set times through VNC? Is there any software that can do this, looks like tightVNC is not capable of scheduling jobs ahead of time.
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Scheduled Task: Last run result = 0xFFFFFFFB / Works when running from command prompt

I have a small job (.NET Console Application) scheduled to run daily. The scheduled task runs under a specific user. When I log in with this user I can run the application without a problem from the command prompt, but when the task is triggered…
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advisability of taskkill to close an application

Before running backups on the data from an application I need to close it cleanly without risking an improper shutdown and data corruption in a Paradox Database. How likely is that, if I use taskkill and force the process to close in a batch file?…
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Windows 2003 scheduled job under a domain account

I have this script that I need to schedule to run daily on a windows 2003 box. I was trying to avoid the user from needing to be added as an administrator but it seems so far that has been the only way to make it work (even with a local…
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Windows Server 2008 scheduled tasks cannot create files

We have a series of tasks which, when run interactively over the command line run fine creating temporary files and (importantly) logs and backups. When we schedule the task with Administrator privileges to run at the highest priority, however, no…
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View a program under a different login session? (Windows Server 2008)

we have a server which is running WinSrv 2008 (not R2). There is a scheduled task on this server which runs at startup and just runs continuously, waking on an interval per a db setting to do work and then go back to sleep (the client wanted to be…
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Why can't I create a scheduled task using a domain account?

I don't recall running into this problem before, but I've hit a brick wall today. I'm trying to create a scheduled task, and I'm using credentials for my domain account, which is also an Administrator account on this local machine, but I keep…
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