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Everything about Windows Task Scheduler
Computer application of Microsoft Windows
Task Scheduler is a job scheduler in Microsoft Windows that launches computer programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals. Microsoft introduced this component in the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 as System Agent. Its core component is an eponymous Windows service. The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure is the basis for the Windows PowerShell scheduled jobs feature introduced with PowerShell v3. Wikipedia →
đź§ Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Windows Task SchedulerA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Unix System Administration HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Management features new to Windows VistaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Event ViewerA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
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📚 Books worth reading
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
Automate the Boring Stuff with PythonAl Sweigart · 2015
Sweating BulletsRobert Gaskins · 2012
Microsoft Office 2013Misty E. Vermaat · 2014- 📕Activity Log BookMaik Bach · 2021
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003Martin S. Matthews, Kellen Diamanti · 2004- 📕The accidental administratorDon R. Crawley · 2010
Programming in C#E. Balagurusamy · 2002
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