Scheduling or Automation

Automatic scheduling of the INpPatcher, in its simplest form, can be done via a standard Windows scheduled task.

 

To create a new scheduled task, follow these steps.

 

Navigate to Control Panel, Scheduled Tasks.  Execute Add Scheduled Task.

 

 

Click   to continue.

 

 

Click  to navigate to the appropriate file.

 

 

Click  to choose the INpPatcher.exe file.

 

 

Choose whether you would like to execute the INpPatcher on a daily, weekly, etc. schedule.

 

Click  to continue.

 

 

Choose a starting time and date or configure your re-occurring number of days.

 

Click  to continue.

 

 

Enter the account details for the INpPatcher.  This account should have write permissions on the server and should preferably also have access to the Internet.

 

Click  to continue.

 

 

Click the option to open Advanced Properties

 

Click  to close this part and to advance to the Advanced features.

 

 

Choose the Settings tab to configure additional parameters.

 

 

Untick STOP THE TASK IF IT RUNS FOR: __ HOUR(S) __ MINUTE(S).

Untick DON’T START THE TASK IF THE COMPUTER IS RUNNING ON BATTERIES.

Untick STOP THE TASK IF BATTERY MODE BEGINS.

 

This concludes the configuration of the automated INpPatcher.