Exploring Windows’ Administrative Tools: Part 4

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	TOP STORY Exploring Windows’ Administrative Tools: Part 4
	By Fred Langa The Windows Task Scheduler can run almost any program automatically — at a time and in a way you set. Task Scheduler is part of Windows’ Administrative Tools, a suite of professional-quality, system-management utilities used to adjust and control many of the operating system’s essential functions and features.

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Hello – Fred,
So enjoyed this task scheduler article , thought for sure it would work for me..BUT, I can’t wake my computer to start media center.? All entries are correct according to your instructions. Does the computer need to be in sleep mode to wake? It will NOT wake from a normal shutdown.
System: win 7 home 64bit
Thanks for all your great tips. A follower from the Langa list days.
John in Dallas

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Does the computer need to be in sleep mode to wake? It will NOT wake from a normal shutdown.

The computer cannot be wakened from a normal shutdown by the task scheduler. If you want that then you may be able to achieve that with BIOS or UEFI settings. See the manual for your machine or motherboard.

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This was a great article, very practical. Providing comperable examples for other software would be helpful

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