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by planet1 Aug 15, 2002 last reply Sep 3, 2002

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Is there a way to get Windows Backup to execute and run via the Task Scheduler? Setting it to run after hours when the user is logged off. When I try to schedule a backup MS backup starts but it wants to go thru the select a backup job, etc... Maybe a switch setting?

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by alpha-male Aug 15, 2002

Actually the version of backup that ships with 9x does not support this functionality. Task Scheduler can launch backup, but not the backup job itself.

Take a look here for more information:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184756&

(delete any spaces in the URL).

Sorry to give you bad news, but I hope this answers your question.

by planet1 Sep 3, 2002

Sometimes the bad news is the answer you are looking for.

by alan.robinson14 Sep 2, 2002

Don't use Win MS Backup. Use WINZIP instead. Free download from www.cnet.com. That's if you don't have a cd re-writer.

Only backup YOUR DATA ie "My Documents".

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