Windows Task Scheduler - Task wanted

Jackobyte

Ok, this is completely unnecessary but I'd like to try it anyway.

I want my computer to turn itself on, log into my account, open meteor broadband to go application, press the connect button in the program (Alt+C). Then start connectify and start hotspot so I have wifi for when I wake. I then want it to shutdown after an hour.

As said, completely unnecessary but I'm lazy and would like to know if it is possible and how complicated would it be.

P.S. I'm on win7.

Fysh

You can do some of this with the Windows Task Scheduler - you'll get as far as waking the machine, logging on as you, and launching the application, at any rate. (See here for instructions on how to do so).

For the Meteor broadband side of things, I would imagine you'll need to write a script to launch the app and feed input to it. I doubt this'll be straightforward, but I could be wrong.

In order to achieve the full run of what you want to do, you'd be best off creating two tasks: one to wake the machine and invoke the script you want to run to get your broadband up and running, and another to shut it down after an hour.

kippy

As the previous poster said, its possible to do this.
The first part and the last (starting the machine, logging in, starting the application, and shutting the machine down after an hour) are relatively straightforward.
Getting the app to connect - well. That could be easier than it looks. Is there an "autoconnect" option within the application itself - perhaps in preferences? That would make things very simple.
Outside of that, as mentioned you are looking at some programming to do the action for you.
VBscript is usually the most straightforward and there are plenty examples out there that could get you on the road.
http://www.visualbasicscript.com/

Jackobyte

kippy wrote: »

As the previous poster said, its possible to do this.
The first part and the last (starting the machine, logging in, starting the application, and shutting the machine down after an hour) are relatively straightforward.
Getting the app to connect - well. That could be easier than it looks. Is there an "autoconnect" option within the application itself - perhaps in preferences? That would make things very simple.
Outside of that, as mentioned you are looking at some programming to do the action for you.
VBscript is usually the most straightforward and there are plenty examples out there that could get you on the road.
http://www.visualbasicscript.com/

No autoconnect but there is a launch on start up option.

Adyx

It might take a bit of setting up but you can use Sikuli to automate all sorts of tasks and button presses. You show it what to do by clicking the buttons yourself, so it's fairly easy to get the hang of.