Windows Vista® Inside Out Deluxe Edition

Chapter 33. Automating Windows Vista

Using the Windows Vista Task Scheduler

Automating Command Sequences with Batch Programs

Automating Tasks with Windows Script Host

Introducing Windows PowerShell

If you use your computer very much—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. Computers excel at repetitive actions, and Windows Vista provides several ways to automate such tasks:

• Task Scheduler. Probably the ...