-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Maintenance Routine Inquiry

  • From: Disastar <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:40:43 -0500

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
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> 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
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