Windows 10 Inside Out (includes Current Book Service), 2/e

Chapter 19. Automating tasks and activities

Using Task Scheduler

Automating command sequences with batch programs

Automating tasks with Windows Script Host

Working at the command prompt

Customizing Command Prompt windows

An introduction to Windows PowerShell

If you use your computer very often—and if you’re reading this book you probably do—you likely find yourself performing certain ordinary tasks repeatedly. Such tasks might include routine maintenance activities, such as backing up your data or cleaning deadwood from your hard disk, or they might be jobs that require many steps. If you’re a system administrator or help desk technician, you undoubtedly have management or troubleshooting tasks you need to perform on a recurrent basis.

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