Task Scheduler

liviuzak · 03-08-2008, 02:27 PM

Hello,

I need to schedule a task to run only for a limited amount of time (minutes). The new task scheduler doesn't allow me to do this, it has omly built in fixed amount of times (1 hr., 2 hr.,...) that are not good for me. Is there a way to set a custom amount of time for a task to be ran, like in XP (hh:mm)? Or maybe a way to install on Vista the task scheduler from XP? (by the way, what is the program or whatever is launched when you click on "Add Scheduled Task" in XP, like if I would like to launch the wizard from a command line/prompt?).

Thank you,

Liviu

Jacee · 03-09-2008, 10:04 AM

See if this article helps:
http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm

liviuzak · 03-10-2008, 07:24 AM

Thank you Jacee, but that article is about the old task scheduler like in Windows XP, and it is true, this one allows to stop a task after minutes. I was talking about the new scheduler from Vista that doesn't allows this, or how to copy the scheduler from XP to Vista.

Regards,

Liviu

03-08-2008, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
liviuzak Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Task Scheduler Hello, I need to schedule a task to run only for a limited amount of time (minutes). The new task scheduler doesn't allow me to do this, it has omly built in fixed amount of times (1 hr., 2 hr.,...) that are not good for me. Is there a way to set a custom amount of time for a task to be ran, like in XP (hh:mm)? Or maybe a way to install on Vista the task scheduler from XP? (by the way, what is the program or whatever is launched when you click on "Add Scheduled Task" in XP, like if I would like to launch the wizard from a command line/prompt?). Thank you, Liviu

03-09-2008, 10:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jacee Analyst / Expert, Security Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 130 OS: Vista Ultimate	Re: Task Scheduler See if this article helps: http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm __________________ MS MVP-Security 2006~2009

03-10-2008, 07:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
liviuzak Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Re: Task Scheduler Thank you Jacee, but that article is about the old task scheduler like in Windows XP, and it is true, this one allows to stop a task after minutes. I was talking about the new scheduler from Vista that doesn't allows this, or how to copy the scheduler from XP to Vista. Regards, Liviu