Hey Dan, Well, if you want me to write it, I would need to know which programs and what you want them to do. What I write would be in AutoIt3 source so you can make changes as needed, but at least the working framework would be there. How does that sound? Ed -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Chisolm Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:54 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Maintenance Routine Inquiry Ed, Wow! I understand why you are joyous by what your program does. At first glance, it appears that I (who has no programming experience) need to learn some programming in order to benefit from your help. How should we proceed? Thanks for your willingness to help. Dan ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:41:44 -0500 > From: disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Maintenance Routine Inquiry > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveT: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009- -------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------