Scheduling Tasks

As you use your system,you will have to perform the same tasks over and over
again.If such a task can run unattended,you can schedule that task at a time
when it does not interfere with your work and does not stress the computer
while you are using it.Another advantage is that once you add a job to the list,it
will automatically run,without you having to remember to run it manually.Of
course,it is good practice to regularly check to see if these jobs produced any
errors.An example of a job you can run unattended is the command-line utility
defrag.You can make sure that this utility will be run every week at a particular
time,assuming you have the computer up and running at that time.To schedule
defrag,you may want to create a batch script to run one or more subsequent
defragmentations.
You can start Scheduled Tasks from All Programs | Accessories |
System Tools,which will open an Explorer window .The right
pane shows all scheduled tasks and an Add Scheduled Task Wizard at the top of
the list.
You maintain Scheduled Tasks in an Explorer window because every task is a
?le with a special ?le type that is identi?ed with the extension .job.These jobs
are located in the folder C:\WINDOWS\TASKS (assuming that you do not
have a multiboot system where the drive letter may be something else then C:\).
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