Windows Task Scheduler allows users to perform routine tasks on their computers automatically. Computer resources, including processors, network links, or expansion cards, are assigned certain tasks ...

Everyone knows that you're supposed to defragment your Windows hard drives regularly, right? A defragmented hard drive means quicker access times, less bugginess, and all-around healthier drives. Even ...

One of the best parts of owning a PC isn’t downloading videos, sending email, or playing games. If you ask me, the best tool for your computer is automation. Get it to do some of the mundane things ...

Security researchers have discovered a serious privilege escalation bug in Microsoft's Windows task scheduler that could let hackers get administrative access to a Windows system. The vulnerability ...

In Windows XP the Task Scheduler was easy to deal with. Anyone could look at it (Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks) and easily understand which tasks were scheduled and when they ran. Windows 7 ...

The Windows Task Scheduler automates tasks by running specific actions every time a certain condition occurs such as a period of time passing or a user logging on. By creating scheduled tasks, you can ...

Unleash your inner power user with these lesser-known Windows tools and third-party add-ons.

Windows only: Freebyte Task Scheduler is a free and portable task-scheduling application. If you're looking to round out your suite of portable applications or find yourself locked out of accessing ...

A Windows task scheduler API function does not check permissions – so any potential local bad actor can alter them to gain elevated privileges. A zero-day flaw recently disclosed in Microsoft’s ...

Malware developers have started to use the zero-day exploit for Task Scheduler component in Windows, two days after proof-of-concept code for the vulnerability appeared online. A security researcher ...

Tom Fenton details step-by-step directions to configure Windows 10 to allow running Task Scheduler and how to set up an automated task to run a PowerShell script every four hours. Recently I had a ...

I have a scheduled task set in Windows 7 to run shutdown.exe -s at the end of our work day to shutdown a set of 35 computers. (I had to enter in each task manually on 30+ computers). It was recently ...