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Service Protection Program keeps re-scheduling
Something keeps re-scheduling SPP, asking for my windows activation key. SPP then performs it's usual procedure, checks my key, and accepts it. Then the (thing) wants to know again! It's a snowball ...
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Task Scheduler intermittent failure (Error Value: 2147943767)
In Windows 10, I have a Task in the Windows Task Scheduler that triggers at a certain time and also can run on demand. The Task comprises four Actions, each calling the same program with very similar ...
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Windows task scheduler not triggering a task on Windows 10
I have a task that is supposed to run a script I made, every 10 minutes, but it just doesn't seem to trigger it.
In the task scheduler it says that next run time is in 10 minutes, but when the time ...
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batch file runs fine manually, but line that launches exe fails when batch run in task scheduler
I have a batch file (below) that works perfectly when run, however, when I set up the bat file in the task scheduler it ain't working right. The task scheduler does indeed run the task successfully, ...
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Task Scheduler Windows 11 not waking the computer
I know that variations of this have been asked previously and I have read most of the responses to older threads. However I am using a newer OS and those older threads have helped me get this far but ...
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How to run scheduled task only if none of a group of programs are running?
I have been using Task Scheduler to launch and terminate compiled AutoHotKey scripts depending on whether other apps are launched or terminated. I used information on custom event filters from this ...
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Downloading all files from URL Folder to local folder
I want to download all contents from a url using Windows 10, like
https://example.com/folder
This folder may contain 100 files, and I want to put them all into
C:\backups
I am going to schedule this ...
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Task Scheduler .bat file creating wrong folder, while manually running it creating correct folder
When I am running .bat file manually it is creating the right folder, but when same file I am scheduling and running through Task Scheduler it is not creating folder as expected.
Below is the main ...
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Changing focus to app started with Task Scheduler
I use the method of Task Scheduler to start apps with admin privileges via shortcut to bypass the UAC.
How ever, I cannot seem to make it switch focus to the started app. It used to be that case in ...
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Task Scheduler missing daily tasks for just 2 days. Why?
I have configured Windows 7 task scheduler to run a daily task at 12:01 AM. It has to start our reporting program that maintains the internal log of its own. It's been working really good since March ...
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Windows scheduled Task - Stopping Console w/ error & Re-starting the service
How can I go by setting up a scheduled task that will cancel a java console that outputs a heap error and then start it up again?
I need to restart my wowza service because of some java heap ...
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Automated git pull on Windows 8 as system
I have installed msysgit for windows 8. I am attempting to automate a git pull every 5 minutes. I am using scheduled tasks to run a script I wrote. The schedule task's action is:
powershell -...
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Batch script does not output file when limited user runs it from an administrator task manually
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I want to let a limited user restart a Service. This requires admin privileges, and thus the limited user is unable to restart individual services. I also want to create a timestamp file ...
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Windows 11 Task Scheduler - How to stop a running powershell script task?
In Task Scheduler, how may I stop a running task sooner than 1 hour, say immediately after execution?
I've tried manually entering '1 minute', but the Task is still 'running'. Suggestions?
I'm running ...
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Powershell: Get-StoredCredential not working when script is run from task scheduler
I am writing a powershell script which shall periodically run to backup the contents of a remote folder. That remote folder is mapped as a WebDav share to my Windows drive G:\.
This post and this one ...
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