The Scheduled Tasks feature of XP and Vista often seems to be overlooked. This is a great tool to use for Automating Maintenance tasks for the OS. There are a lot of things you can do with this handy utility. In the following shots I demonstrate scheduling aDiskCleanup in Windows XP. Later this week I will feature the extra settings and features included in Task Scheduler in Vista.

XP和Vista的“計劃任務”功能通常似乎被忽略了。 這是用於作業系統自動化維護任務的出色工具。 使用此實用程式，您可以做很多事情。 在以下快照中，我演示了在Windows XP中計劃磁碟清理的過程。 本週晚些時候，我將介紹Vista任務計劃程式中包含的其他設定和功能。

Click on Start Programs Accessories System Tools Scheduled Tasks

單擊開始程式附件系統工具預定任務

The Scheduled Tasks Window opens. Just Double Click “Add Scheduled Task”/

“計劃任務”視窗將開啟。 只需雙擊“新增計劃任務” /

The wizard opens telling you what it does. Click Next.

嚮導將開啟，告訴您它的作用。 點選下一步。

Since the task we are scheduling is a Windows feature just scroll down until you find the built in utility. Click Next.

由於我們計劃的任務是Windows功能，因此只需向下滾動，直到找到內建實用程式。 點選下一步。

Now we can type in a name for our task and schedule how often we would like it execute. For Disk Cleanup I chose Monthly.

現在，我們可以為任務輸入一個名稱，並安排執行任務的頻率。 對於磁碟清理，我選擇了每月。

Now we choose the specific time to start the task. Since I don’t want Disk Cleanup to run while I am on the computer I choose a time I know I won’t be on it. Yes, 2AM … not all geeks drink Red Bull!

現在，我們選擇開始任務的具體時間。 由於我不希望在計算機上執行磁碟清理程式，因此選擇了一個我不知道要使用它的時間。 是的，凌晨2點…並非所有極客都喝Red Bull！

If needed you need to enter in your administrator user name and password.

如果需要，您需要輸入管理員使用者名稱和密碼。

You’re done! Click Finish.

你完成了！ 單擊完成。

This is a very simple example of how Scheduled Tasks can be utilized. If done right, you can really have a lot of automated processes occur while away from your PC. In an IT environment at work I useScheduled Tasks to runmacros and other scripts on our network. As I mentioned I will go more in depth with using this feature including Vista. You can even create your own batch files to run on a scheduled basis. This is a great way to takea lot of controlover what Windows does to benefit your efficient system!

這是如何利用計劃任務的非常簡單的示例。 如果操作正確，則離開PC時，您確實會發生很多自動化過程。 在工作的IT環境中，我使用計劃任務在網路上執行巨集和其他指令碼。 正如我提到的，我將更深入地使用包括Vista在內的此功能。 您甚至可以建立自己的批處理檔案以按計劃執行。 這是對Windows所做的事情進行大量控制的好方法，以使您的高效系統受益！

翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/79819/automate-windows-functions-with-scheduled-tasks/