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blackfox999
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V1.63 Can't "add new job" new task under MS Task S

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Just downloaded 1.63 and am trying to schedule some backup jobs on a regular basis. I have only one script and am trying to schedule it to be run hourly or some period of time. Running XP in administrator mode.
TIA
Barry
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Auto running AISBackup

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Here is a reply we made earlier, if this does not help please let us know:
Barry wrote:The following refers to running AISBackup via the MS Task Scheduler under Windows NT, 2000 or XP.

I have double checked the running of scripts on Windows 2000 and all is okay (here at least). The following guidelines may help:

If there are additional parameters with a script there must not be any spaces in the parameter block, if the script name contains a space the whole parameter block must be enclosed in quotes. Each script parameter block is separated from each other by one space. The ‘Auto Running AISBackup’ Command Line Generator does this for you.

On Windows NT, 2000 & XP you must use an account that has got a password, a null password will not work. Home users of these operating system’s may not wish to password protect their regular account, here set-up a ‘Backup’ account that has got a password. Please ensure that you manually test the running of AISBackup in the ‘Backup’ account as AISBackup will be running invisibly behind the scenes.

To check that a scheduled job has executed check the AISBackup log, MS Task Scheduler log (menu option Advanced / View Log). The most recent entry is at the end of the log. You can also watch the AISBackup task running in the task manager / processes screen (Ctrl , Alt & Delete).

Only one copy of AISBackup can run at a time, if for some reason there is a ‘stuck’ AISBackup running under a different account this will show up in the task manager (Ctrl, Alt & Delete). If you do find a ‘stuck’ AISBackup log into the appropriate account, abort the task and run AISBackup with the same auto run parameters via Windows Start / Run command line to ascertain what the problem is.

We are going to remove the default ‘Run Script Once Per Day’ from the next release of AISBackup as this is only really applicable to running scripts via the start-up group.
Regards

Barry
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