Solved Need help with DOS Date comparing

[akhenax]

Greetings,

I know that this is a Windows 7 forum, but I thought I would give it a try.

My ultimate goal is to have a vbs script run after a certain date on a computer image.

I thought that this would be best done with a simple batch file. In Windows XP, whenever you would create a Scheduled Task and run Sysprep, the task would not run because it loses credentials and must be restored in order to work. I don't know if this is true in Windows 7, but not to take the chance, I'm thinking using the Registry Run option to point to the batch file each bootup.

I think it might be simple to do, but I can't figure it out. I'm open to other options as well. But for now here's my for example,

if "%date%"=="Fri 10/28/2011" echo %date%

I need it to check to see if it's "Fri 10/28/2011" or any day after, so something like...

if "%date%"== or >"Fri 10/28/2011" echo %date%

Thanks!

 

[Maguscreed]

The task scheduler has had major improvements since xp.
I use mine to run similar tasks all the time without issue.

 

[FliGi7]

Task scheduler has the option to run as administrator, which would work for your scenario. Why not try it and see?

 

[akhenax]

I'm going to give it a go. Thanks for your help!

 

[Dwarf]

Do you want this script to run just once on a certain date, or every day after and including that date?

 

[akhenax]

yes, every day after a certain day.

I tried the Windows Task Scheduler, for Windows 7. Very different interface from XP, looks more capable. However, when I scheduled the task to run under a different admin account (not administrator), it says it ran successfully, but I see nothing happening when logged in as administrator.

The vbs script is a simple popup message. I need this message to appear everyday after a certain date regardless of what user is logged on. Can this be done? If so, what am I doing wrong that prevents the scheduled task to not only run, but display the popup under the currently logged in account?

 

[Dwarf]

Is the purpose of this just to display a simple message? Or to carry out some other function as well as display the message?

 

[akhenax]

Just need a message displayed.

 

[Dwarf]

Try this with Task Scheduler.

Open Task Scheduler (may need to provide administrative credentials if not opened from within an administrator account).

Click Create Task...

This will open the following dialogue panel, with the General tab selected. Give the task a suitable Name and Description. Also, change the other settings (if different) to match those shown below.



Click the Triggers tab and then click New...

Enter the settings as shown below (you can set the date to whatever you want) and click OK.



Click the Actions tab and then click New...

Enter the settings as shown below (note that you can change the message to whatever you want it to display) and click OK.



Since we don't need to change any further settings, click on OK to finish creating the task.

Click Task Scheduler Library to bring up the list of tasks, highlight the one you've just created and click Run to test it.

The task will now run at log-on on and after the date specified

 

[akhenax]

That worked, thank you!

Used the same directions, but tweaked to start vbs script. Still worked. Much appreciated!

 

[Dwarf]

Hmm... It only seems to display the message in the account that created the task. I'll have to play around with the settings and get back to you.

Confirmed as correct.

Triggering a task at logon Logon tasks can be set for any user or a specific user or user group. If the user whose logon has triggered the task is not the user in whose security context the task is running, the task will be noninteractive - in other words, essentially invisible. (The user can note the presence of the task - and terminate it - by running Windows Task Manager, going to the Processes tab, clicking Show Processes From All Users, and answering the UAC prompt.)

 

[Dwarf]

OK. I think I've got it. Open Task Scheduler, click Task Scheduler Library to bring up the list of tasks, highlight the one you've just created and click Properties to bring up the following dialogue.



We need to change the information under When running this task, use the following user account:, so click on Change User or Group...



Click Object Types... and change the settings so that only Groups is selected, as shown below. (Note that this is optional, it only narrows down the list you have to look through in the next step. If you wish to omit this step, click on Advanced instead and move on to the next step.)



Click OK.



Click Advanced... and then click Find Now. This will bring up a list of items that match the search criteria. Scroll through and highlight Users as shown below.



Click OK.



Click OK. If the next dialogue comes up as shown below, you have been successful. If not, review the above steps to ensure that you haven't missed anything.



Click OK to save the task, and close the Task Scheduler. Regardless of the user logging on, this task will execute and s/he will see the results of it on their screen in their account.

 

[akhenax]

Awesome, thanks for following up with this; much appreciated.