Task Scheduler has been part of Windows for years, but it so old school that you might have written it off. Ignore the gray menus, though, and there a surprisingly capable automation tool underneath. Microsoft explains that Task Scheduler waits for a trigger you configure, then runs the associated task when it fires. This trigger may be a specific time, Windows startup, your login or even a system event. Task Scheduler wont magically make your processor faster, and that not its intended...

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