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Old 03-18-2008, 02:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I need a software for automation of routine computer operations...I just schedule it to do something once and when I start my pc it will just do its job...is there something like that?
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Windows already has one. It's under Accessories>System Tools>Scheduled Tasks.
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Old 03-18-2008, 03:27 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Windows already has one. It's under Accessories>System Tools>Scheduled Tasks.
Yes but that just lets me run a program ...how should I do if I just want to copy a file from one folder to another, for example? Sorry I didn't been to accurate in my request on my previous post!
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Have a look at Second copy. It can be configured as you state above.
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RoboCopy?

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Old 03-19-2008, 06:01 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Or you could write a .bat file to copy the file and then use task scheduler to run the .bat when you want!
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or bash script. or put scripts into user profiles.
never said what OS...
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Old 03-20-2008, 10:55 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I highly doubt he is running anything other that windows.
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Old 03-21-2008, 12:49 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I highly doubt he is running anything other that windows.
well I need it for windows xp of course ...thanks guys I found a few like xstarter, automize...and I'm running xp, ubuntu and backtrack triple boot
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