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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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`at` jobs running tens of minutes later than expected

I have an issue with at jobs being queued successfully and running successfully, but sometimes tens of minutes after they are scheduled to run. I confirmed that atd is running: me@hostname:~$ ps -ef | grep atd daemon 1223 1 0 Aug27 ? …
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Scheduling a one-time task to run on Windows Server 2012R2 boot

As part of a system build automation script (that I'm using to create AWS AMIs), I want the system to reboot and then run additional post-boot setup tasks - but only once (so that when the system is imaged and then the image used to start a new…
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Running tasks as SYSTEM in DC

I have some Powershell scripts which make some procedures with users in AD, like cmd-lets 'Set-ADAccount', 'Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership' and stuff like that, basically make changes in AD, in a general context. I tested and created scheduled tasks…
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Windows 2008 R2 Not Printing From Scheduled Task

Problem Since the end of support is coming on July 14th for Windows servers 2003 we are moving all of our scheduled tasks to a Windows 2008 R2 server. We use a Microsoft(MS) Access 2003(mdb) database to handle various backend processes that…
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Windows Scheduled Task ignores the 'Stop the task after

I have a Scheduled Task running on a Windows 2008 R2 server. The task calls a .bat file that performs a file copy. Everything works perfectly except for one thing. I want the task to terminate if it takes longer than a certain period of time. When I…
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Documenting Job Schedules?

Once upon a time, I thought I found the perfect way to document all scheduled jobs across all servers. I used Google Calendar and created a cal for each server and then added all the jobs as scheduled events. Worked really slick! (more details if…
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Checking for changes to cronjobs

Any way check and notify if some one made a change/addition to cronjobs for a particular user on a Linux server? Is it possible to know the changes made too?
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Scheduled task running twice from time to time

A customer of mine is experiencing a very strange problem: a scheduled task is running twice from time to time, with only a few seconds between execution. The task is scheduled using the windows scheduler. It's a very basic task that connects to a…
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Is it possible to have a scheduled task click a button in Windows?

One of my clients has an application that can not be run from command line or via API but needs to be run on an scheduled basis. It would require that I launch the application if it's not already running and then click a button. This task would…
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Rebooting Server 2008 R2 with Task Scheduler?

I've been trying to get Server 2008 R2 to reboot after everyone is gone from work, to get its updates installed, but what I've been trying apparently isn't working. I have a "reboot.bat" in C:/ that contains: shutdown –r –f –t 5 The task is…
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How to schedule a task X minutes after Windows Server 2003 starts?

How to schedule a task X minutes after Windows Server 2003 starts? In "Scheduled Tasks" one can specify "When my computer starts" but I see no way to specify delay. What I am trying to achieve: there is a service (JIRA) that even though dependent on…
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Add a new scheduled task from command line with "wake the computer to run this task" on

I'm trying to add a scheduled task to start every day at a fixed hour even if the computer is in sleep mode. In the Windows Scheduled Tasks Manager UI, there is a check-box labeled "Wake the computer to run this task". How can I set this option…
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Transaction support within the specified resource manager is not started or was shut down due to an error

Got the following error while trying to add, edit or delete a windows schedule task: Transaction support within the specified resource manager is not started or was shut down due to an error. Tried to reset transaction manager through fsutil (as…
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Windows Server 2008 Scheduled Tasks not running - 0x80041323 - Reduce Number of tasks running in the specified context?

I am getting the following problem on a number of windows 2008 servers. 0x80041323 Task Scheduler failed to start task \Reporting" in TaskEngine "S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:" for user "NT AUTHORITY\System". User Action: Reduce the…
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How do you designate where a Scheduled Task is created?

Is there an option in possibly SCHTASKS to define where a scheduled job is actually created?
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