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Learn to control automatic launching of applications with this handy excerpt from David A. Karp's Windows 7 Annoyances.
The Startup folder in
the Start menu is where most people go if they want...
If you'd like to automate some of your SQL server tasks, check out SQL Server Agent. With it you can schedule jobs, restart services, send email alerts, and perform other automation. This excer...
If you're creating a search engine you'll need a way to collect documents. In this excerpt from Tony Segaran's Programming Collective Intelligence the author shows you how to set up a simple web crawl...
If you would like to automate your rsync over ssh backups, try this solution from Linux Cookbook:
Write a script, create a cron job, and set up keychain to authenticate to your remote
host...
It's easy as pie, thanks to cron. Add this line to /etc/crontab to automatically shut down your machine every night at 11p.m.:# m h dom mon dow user command
00 23 ...