Task Scheduler: Running a task on idle

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Jsplinter 0 Junior Poster in Training

14 Years Ago

I am trying to trigger an event to run after ten minutes of idleness (as in no mouse or keyboard input). I created a task with the task scheduler, but it is not being triggered no matter how long my computer is idle.

I set the trigger "When computer is idle" and the conditions "Start the task only if the computer is idle for: 1 minute." Anyone have experience setting up a task to run on idle or know what could be going wrong?

I have tested running the task on demand and it works just fine so there must be something wrong with the triggers or the conditions.

windows-vista-7-8

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cguan_77 8 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso

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if you're using win 7.. try this link from MS: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/schedule-a-task

when you set the task on the task scheduler does the account that you set got a password on it?

what's your OS?

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Jsplinter 0 Junior Poster in Training · Answer 1 · 2010-09-30T19:32:47+00:00

Well, it started working most of the time. My computer is set to sleep at 30 minutes, and I scheduled the task to run after 1 minute of inactivity. I just thought it would be on the same timer as the power settings such as turn off my monitor, but as best I can tell it is not on the same timer. Windows 7 x64 is my OS. I'm marking as solved, but feel free to comment if you know how the task scheduler determines inactivity.