Schedule a Task in Windows series 2

Add Scheduled Task

1. Double left click Add Scheduled Task.

   The Scheduled Task Wizard screen appears.

2. Left click Next to continue.

   It may appear your machine has frozen because the next screen takes a minute or so to appear. This is because a list is being compiled of the to programs installed on your computer.

Next there are two ways to continue, schedule a program to run or schedule something else to run.

• Schedule an Existing Program to Run
  1. Left click the program you wish to schedule from the list that appears.
  2. Left click Next to continue.
• Schedule Something Not Listed in the Program List
  1. Left click Browse.
  2. Navigate to the folder and file (program, script or document) you wish to schedule the task for.
  3. Left click Open.

Next, you give the task a name and choose when to run the task.

1. Name the scheduled task.

   Pick a name that will make sense to you later when you want to check the list or make any changes.

2. Choose when to run the scheduled task.

   There are a number of choices as to when you would like to run the task:

   • Daily – once a day
   • Weekly – once a week
   • Monthly – once a month
   • One time only
   • When computer starts – this before a user is logged in
   • When I log in – runs once you have logged into your computer
3. Left click Next to continue.
4. Specify the day and time to run the scheduled task.

   Remember: Pick a day and time of day that the computer will be on!

   If the task can run on it’s own, without your interaction, it can be scheduled while you are having your lunch or dinner.

5. Left click Next to continue once you have made your time selections.
6. Name and password of the user associated with the scheduled task.

   You will need to enter the name and password of the user who is authorized to run the task.

   The user associated with the task will need to have the permissions to run the program.

   The default setup is the name of the user currently logged onto the computer.

7. Left click Next to continue.
8. Left click Finsih to complete scheduling the task.

Now that you know how to schedule a task in Windows, there’s no excuse for not making sure that all your maintenance tasks (defrag, disk clean up, update anti virus definitions, etc.) are done and all your data is backed up.

Scheduling Task in Windows Further Reading

Advanced Options – click the link at the top of the page to skip down to the Advance Options available when scheduling a task in Windows.

Remove Scheduled Tasks – click the Remove scheduled task link at the top of the page to view the instructions for removing a scheduled task.

Changes to Scheduled Task – on the same page as above, there are also instructions for:

• Stopping and pausing scheduled tasks
• Changing settings for scheduled tasks
• Opening scheduled tasks to modify them

Task Scheduler – a more indepth look at Windows Task Scheduler

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