Questions tagged [tasks]
Tasks are processes that are to be done. A task can be an item on a to-do list, a process that needs to be completed, a scheduled event to take place, or any number of things that need to be accomplished.
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Schedule image pop-up using task scheduler
I would like to know how to schedule a pop-up image every 1 hour on Windows 8.1. I tried to make a batch containing file name and file type and open the batch through Command Prompt by setting a CMD ...
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Finding all not responding tasks from the command line in Mac OS X?
I know I can do ps -aux | xargs kill etc but I want to list the PIDs of all tasks that are not responding (the red ones in Activity Monitor). What command I can execute in the terminal to list these ...
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Can you increase the console popup menu with task submenu entries?
I have to work with a lot of vms and I'm using task submenu to group vms in console popup menu. The issue is that now I have more vms than entries in the task sub-menu to create putty sessions.
I ...
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msfeedssync.exe what does it do?
I had a program msfeedssync.exe as a scheduled task on my machine.
Wondering what is this for and how did it get scheduled on my Windows 7 machine?
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Prevent scheduled task from running when an app is running (Windows 7)
I have a task scheduled for robocopy.exe for backup of some files and SQL database daily at 22.00.
Is there a way to prevent this task from running when an XYZ.exe application is running?
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Why does Outlook 2010 show duplicate Tasks in the To-Do list?
I am running Outlook 2010 (64bit). Every task in my To-Do list is duplicated. If I 'complete' one task, the second copy also marks as complete. If I flag an email to be added to the task list, 2 ...
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How do you set a scheduled task that can run a program in the foreground as an administrator, triggered by any user?
For context incase I am looking at this wrong: I'm working on building my little sisters a computer with RGB and the GUI will only launch from an Admin account. I do not fully trust them with ...
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About Malware occupying memory [duplicate]
Can a malware occupy memory without getting noticed by or displayed in "Windows Task Manager"? How can we detect such malware, if any? Can you give examples of such malware?
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How to keep Windows focussing just on one task
I many times leave computer running overnight to create proxies for video editing.
Is there any way how to let windows use all computing power just for one application ?
Thank you
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Windows server 2019 shows 0% cpu usage
I have two servers, one with 2xXeon E5-2450v2 and one with 2xXeon E5-2420, both have windows server 2019 installed. A weird issue I've noticed is both servers show 0% cpu usage in both task manager ...
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Cant Kill Task Windows
I can not kill firefox.exe which appears to be running having some kind of problem. I tried taskkill and the solution in a prevous answer, but as one of the comments says
When I call terminate it ...
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windows task scheduler works with one $principal but not the other
This is weird, im creating task schedule on windows server 2012 r2. this is a simple task to run a powershell script. this is the $principal
$principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -GroupID "...
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tool to copy file on a NETWORK SHARE without no one logon win10 computer
I'am trying to setup a script to monitor a local folder and to copy the file when they appears.
i'am using task scheduler to initiate the script at startup (had to set it running as System (not ...
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Accept/Decline Task Button isn't shown in notification E-Mail in Outlook 365
We got some users that assign Tasks to each other. If someone gets a task assigned he normally gets an E-Mail where he can click on the Accept Button there. We got one user there the E-Mail looks like ...
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Windows 7: How to change the taskbar font size
Windows 7 (Aero) does not offer an option to easily change the taskbar font size.
BACKGROUND:
I was using the Medium Text size of 125%.
(Set via Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display)
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