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Questions tagged [scheduled-task]

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

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How to fix Win2003 Task Scheduler Error 0x8007000d: The data is invalid after re-joining domain?

After re-joining this Windows 2003 Server box with the domain, all 20+ Scheduled task jobs were unable to start. An error has occurred attempting to retrieve task account information. You may continue editing the task object, but will be unable…
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auto delete disabled AD accounts after xx day

I'm looking for an app that can run to auto delete disabled AD user accounts in a specific OU after say 30 days Any advice will be highly appreciated
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How to automatically restart after Windows Update requires it?

On a windows machine running Windows Update via the built-in service (not GPO), I would like to have it automatically restart every morning at 5:30AM, only when required by WU. The event log entry for a restart required by WU is as follows: I can…
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Can't create new task with schtasks... Why?

I have a new Windows Server 2008 R2 host with a strange (?) behavior. I try to schedule a new task into Task Scheduler. I'm using a user that's part of administrators group. If I do it from the Task Scheduler GUI - the task is scheduled…
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Child process runs in normal priority only. Why?

I run a scheduled task in Windows Server 2008 R2. I used the technique described here to set its priority to high priority (level 1 of 7). My task runs a process (an EXE file) that creates child process during run-time (another EXE file). My problem…
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How do I use Windows Task Scheduler to run an executable on a remote server?

I am looking at consolidating all of our scheduled tasks that run on various servers (Win 2008 R2) within our domain on to one "Task Scheduling Server". I am a developer so I'm not even sure if this is a good idea or just a maintenance headache. …
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what is the criteria for a scheduled task to run?

I have a scheduled task that needs to be run 3 times per day. I have the option between running the task on either a 2008 windows server machine or a windows 7 64 bit regular machine. Both machines may or may not have users logged on to them at any…
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Can't set up task to run from non admin user

I have Windows server 2008 R2. One non administrator account named for e.x. abc. abc is member of backup operators, power users and schedulers. I have allowed all permissions to C:\Windows\Tasks for schedulers. I checked, that groups backup…
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how to start scheduling tasks

"How to start a different task when other task stops" in windows xp.By using task scheduler it has to happen. either programmetically or through command line.
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Scheduled startup on Win10 Dell Inspiron?

I want my Dell Inspiron 15 3567 laptop to automatically switch on every morning at a particular time. I have been trying to work it out, opened my laptop's BIOS settings, but couldn't find anything related to scheduled startups till now. I am aware…
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What's the difference between /var/spool/cron and /var/spool/cron/crontabs?

This went unmentoned anywhere else I could find, not even in the man page of crontab. what's the difference between them? some people say they don't have /var/spool/cron/crontabs, but one can easily find lots of systems with this path. for example,…
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Scheduled task for update ADUser did not update user

i'm write powershell script for update userthumbnailPhoto. I'm use Get-ADObject and Set-ADObject for thistask. When i run script under logged in user - script work fine and update AD user. When i make scheduled task, and run script - script work,…
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Schedule task in Windows 2012 R2 after all services are up

We have a Windows 2012 R2 with some services configured as delayed start due to having dependencies on other services, but not being shown in the corresponding tab. If such services are not configured that way, they fail to start. Since the server…
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Create task on windows server

I need to create a task to download a file from a website that is gzipped and then ungzip it and copy it to various folders on the server. I don't really know what is the best approach to achieve this. Is there any suggestions/best practices? I'm…
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Scheduled Task Naming Conventions?

I would like to hear of examples of a naming convention for Scheduled Tasks in Windows, along with rationale. Thanks.
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