Hi Everyone I've been given a task where by I need to automate an EXE file on a NT sever. Now I have no idea at the moment how to go about this but I'm determine to learn. Is there any beginner's websites which can aid me or if someone is willy to reply back to this mail. I have a little Dos knowledge so I'm not that bad Please help someone.

See if the topics covered on this page are relevant to your needs: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/batch.asp

If you just wanna run a program (or a batch) at a scheduled time, eg. every day at 10 pm or every friday etc, you can use at.exe. In a dos window type "at /h" to get a description. Winat.exe is a GUI for at. If you use IE 5 or higher there is Scheduled Tasks in explorer, which should do the same.

The AT command is difficult to use. Not really difficult, it's just that the commands have to be entered in a certain format, or the machine won't accept them. Also, the "schedule" service must be running, and if you wish it to do things as an administrator, you must also supply the administrator name and password. If you get either one wrong, the service won't start. Here's and example of an AT command format: AT 01:00 /EVERY:Tuesday C:\Backup\Monday.bat This command enters the batch file "Monday.bat" to run every Tuesday at 0100 hours. The command uses the 24-hour clock, so you'll need to be familiar with that, too. Good luck, Chase

There's a category of applications called "Task Automators." Here are some you can explore: http://www.windowspc.com/start.pl?page=/system/Phantom_for_Windows.htm http://www.downlinx.com/windows/Utilities/Automation/6.htm http://www.programfiles.com/index.asp?ID=13765 http://www.openhere.com/tech1/software/shareware/windows/utilities/automation/