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Use PowerShell and Scheduled Tasks to Automate Troubleshooting

February 10, 2011 Feb 10, 2011 02/10/11
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell and scheduled tasks to automate troubleshooting your computer. (image)   Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a website that is currently hosted on a rather unreliable server. I am tired of constantly being harassed by management that the server is inaccessible. ...

Use Scheduled Tasks to Run PowerShell Commands on Windows

January 12, 2011 Jan 12, 2011 01/12/11
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   Summary: Learn how to use the Windows Task Scheduler to run Windows PowerShell commands automatically.   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the things that is a bit frustrating about reading the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog is that it seems as if you expect network administrators to sit in front of their computer screens manually ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Run a Script When My Computer Is Idle?

April 2, 2009 Apr 2, 2009 04/2/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to run a script when my computer is idle. But only when it is idle. I have looked in WMI and everywhere else and cannot find anything that will detect when the computer is idle. Can you tell me how to do it?- NM(image) (image) Hi NM, You know, our computers are busy plotting against us every ...