this is probably a dumb question, but if a service is disabled (HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services), will that stop the scheduled task from running also? what if set to 'manual'?
The question is unclear.
What service?
What scheduled task?
Clearly describe what you are proposing to do.
Stopping the Task Scheduler service will prevent all scheduled tasks from running. You really don't want to do this.
for example, google update. it is listed in the task scheduler. this i'm ok with but i'd rather it not be running all the time. i was wondering if i disabled a service using 'autoruns', if it would still run at the time scheduled in the task scheduler, thus google would still get it's updates.
Task scheduler and services are two different things and work independently. The task scheduler is a program that just launches other programs at predefined times with the given options. None of those schedules are services, just regular programs that can run in background or be visible, and that normally either start, do their job and terminate, or stay opened for the user to interact with them.
On the other hand, services are also regular programs, but specifically designed to run exclusively in background and be active on a 24/7 basis. Stopping a service will terminate its process, but obviously the activity it does is no longer performed.
No idea why you said that disabling the service would affect a scheduled task. Maybe you're mixing both concepts? Or looking at the wrong place?
Otherwise, if Google really placed it in both sides, each one is independent. Stopping the service will still leave the task running at its specified time (the catch being that if the scheduled task uses the service, it will fail).
Look, what i'm asking really isn't that complex! For example:
under my services are:
1)gupdate Google Inc. c:\program files (x86)\google\update\googleupdate.exe
2)gupdatem Google Inc. c:\program files (x86)\google\update\googleupdate.exe
Scheduled tasks are:
1)Name - GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore
Action - Start a program - c:\program files (x86)\google\update\googleupdate.exe/c
Triggers - At logon, daily at 7:41pm
2)Name - GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA
Action - Start a program - c:\program files (x86)\google\update\googleupdate.exe/ua/installsourcescheduler
Trigger - daily at 7:41pm, after triggered repeat every hour for 1 day
Now, both of these 'programs' refer to the same executable file (googleupdate.exe). My question was simply whether disabling the service would prevent the scheduled task from running. if not, then i could disable the service, seeing as it is already scheduled to run at logon and at 7:41.
Disable the services and then reboot.
Check to see if the tasks run after disabling the services and rebooting.
If they don't run, re-enable the services and reboot.
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