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With Windows 7, you can easily schedule tasks like automated backups
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Click the Start button |
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Type in task |
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It should show Task Scheduler as the program to run |
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This is actually running the taskschd.msc program in the system32 directory |
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This should bring up a window similar to the one below |
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The following will the instructions for how to add something like a batch file that will run at a certain day and time to do a backup |
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The easiest way is to click on Create Basic Task… |
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Type in the Name and Description for the task. Then click on the Next button |
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Then type in when you want the task to start. Since the example is for a Monday backup, the Weekly box is checked. Click on the Next button |
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Since the example is for a Weekly event, check the time, how often it is to recur and the day you want it to run. |
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For the action, select Start a program (since in this example, a batch file will be run) |
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Next browse to where the batch file or program is located. |
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Click on Next and you will see everything you configured on one screen |
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This is hopefully a good starter for you to start scheduling tasks. If you select Create Task rather than a Basic Task, there are more options available as well. |
