-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Maintenance Routine Inquiry
- From: Disastar <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:41:44 -0500
I wish it was that easy, but you can only put it in a .bat file if the
programs support switches to run automatically. Otherwise putting the
antispyware program in a .bat file will only just bring up the window and
wait for you to click update and even start. There is hope however. You
can use AutoIt3 to make a script that will run programs and even click on
the appropriate buttons. AutoIt3 started out as a scripting language (like
.bat files), but has added many features over the years. You can even
create a GUI interface (meaning windows) that have buttons, checkboxes,
grids, and take user input from textboxes. I can help you with this as I
have created many programs with it. My pride and joy is a program that runs
IE, goes to a special website, logs on, enters info into the forms, then
saves data from the info page to a text file (in comma delimited form). It
also has a button on it that can import the text file into Excel and
automatically sort the columns I select. The sorting feature doesn't work
with Excel 2000 and earlier though.
AutoIt3 is a free download at
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Chisolm
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:24 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Maintenance Routine Inquiry
I have three antispyware and an antivirus software installed. Is there
someone who can provide me with a short tutorial on how to create .bat
files, which would update the programs and execute them. I know that I can
use WinXP Scheduled Tasks; however, I don't think that would do the update
before running the program. I'd like for them to run during the night while
I'm asleep.
After using the maintenance routine outlined at
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37549.aspx, I think it'd be great if I could
use a similar setup to the antispyware and antivirus programs . . .
including updating them just before they are executed.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Dan
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