PowerShell scripts reduce the effort in running repetitive tasks. If you frequently execute scripts at pre-defined times or specified time intervals, you may want an efficient way of not having to ...

Task Scheduler is a hidden gem in Windows that many users overlook. I was no different—until I finally tried it and wondered why I hadn’t used it sooner. From scheduling PC restarts to running custom ...

I've got a daily scheduled task on a Win 2000 server that does nothing more than copy [a batch file with "Robocopy /MIR"] over some big files from a shared folder on another server (2+ GB each ...

For the life of me, I cannot get simple logging for a command line utility going by using the command argument field of taskschd so I have to resort to targeting a batch script. I was just wondering: ...

In Windows XP the Task Scheduler was easy to deal with. Anyone could look at it (Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks) and easily understand which tasks were scheduled and when they ran. Windows 7 ...