Vista - Task Scheduler

11-20-2007

Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2
Dual core and TL 50 technology.
I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every
hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the
Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them.
Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am
through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours.
There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it
should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight.
Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task
Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between
the two does not seem to correspond.

11-20-2007

I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend not clearing the RAM, because Vista
has a different memory management than you might expect. It will appear to
use about 90% of available RAM to cache everything possible. This is great
because RAM is faster than the disc. But if your memory manager wipes this
out (which all it really does is tells the OS it needs a lot of RAM, then the
OS pages everything to disc, then the memory optimizer unallocates itself)...
all that is really going to happen is you will end up with a lot of Page file
activity and a slower system.

BUT... if you really want to experiment with it, you can indeed make a task
repeat every hour.

1. In the new Vista Task Scheduler, click Create Task.
2. In the dialog, set your options and command line for the program you want
to run.
3. On the Triggers tab, click New.
4. Set it to run 'Daily' in the top frame, then check the box for 'Repeat
Task every..." 1 hour for the duration of 1 day. Click OK and you're done.

"Jon Schurmann" wrote:

Quote:

> Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2
> Dual core and TL 50 technology.
> I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every
> hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the
> Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them.
> Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am
> through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours.
> There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it
> should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight.
> Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task
> Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between
> the two does not seem to correspond.

11-20-2007

Thanks I see what you mean. I will leave it alone for a couple of day and see
what happens. After all I can always run it in the hourly fashion that you
mention. Jon.

"SKeene" wrote:

Quote:

> I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend not clearing the RAM, because Vista
> has a different memory management than you might expect. It will appear to
> use about 90% of available RAM to cache everything possible. This is great
> because RAM is faster than the disc. But if your memory manager wipes this
> out (which all it really does is tells the OS it needs a lot of RAM, then the
> OS pages everything to disc, then the memory optimizer unallocates itself)...
> all that is really going to happen is you will end up with a lot of Page file
> activity and a slower system.
>
> BUT... if you really want to experiment with it, you can indeed make a task
> repeat every hour.
>
> 1. In the new Vista Task Scheduler, click Create Task.
> 2. In the dialog, set your options and command line for the program you want
> to run.
> 3. On the Triggers tab, click New.
> 4. Set it to run 'Daily' in the top frame, then check the box for 'Repeat
> Task every..." 1 hour for the duration of 1 day. Click OK and you're done.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jon Schurmann" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2
> > Dual core and TL 50 technology.
> > I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every
> > hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the
> > Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them.
> > Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am
> > through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours.
> > There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it
> > should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight.
> > Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task
> > Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between
> > the two does not seem to correspond.

11-20-2007

Ha ha.. cool. I'm opinionated, but I try to not be too much of an ass, lol.
Best of luck.

"Jon Schurmann" wrote:

Quote:

> Thanks I see what you mean. I will leave it alone for a couple of day and see
> what happens. After all I can always run it in the hourly fashion that you
> mention. Jon.
>
> "SKeene" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend not clearing the RAM, because Vista
> > has a different memory management than you might expect. It will appear to
> > use about 90% of available RAM to cache everything possible. This is great
> > because RAM is faster than the disc. But if your memory manager wipes this
> > out (which all it really does is tells the OS it needs a lot of RAM, then the
> > OS pages everything to disc, then the memory optimizer unallocates itself)...
> > all that is really going to happen is you will end up with a lot of Page file
> > activity and a slower system.
> >
> > BUT... if you really want to experiment with it, you can indeed make a task
> > repeat every hour.
> >
> > 1. In the new Vista Task Scheduler, click Create Task.
> > 2. In the dialog, set your options and command line for the program you want
> > to run.
> > 3. On the Triggers tab, click New.
> > 4. Set it to run 'Daily' in the top frame, then check the box for 'Repeat
> > Task every..." 1 hour for the duration of 1 day. Click OK and you're done.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jon Schurmann" wrote:
> >

Quote:

> > > Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2
> > > Dual core and TL 50 technology.
> > > I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every
> > > hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the
> > > Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them.
> > > Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am
> > > through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours.
> > > There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it
> > > should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight.
> > > Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task
> > > Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between
> > > the two does not seem to correspond.

11-20-2007	#1 (permalink)
Jon Schurmann n/a posts	Task Scheduler Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2 Dual core and TL 50 technology. I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them. Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours. There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight. Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between the two does not seem to correspond.
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#2 (permalink)
SKeene n/a posts	RE: Task Scheduler I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend not clearing the RAM, because Vista has a different memory management than you might expect. It will appear to use about 90% of available RAM to cache everything possible. This is great because RAM is faster than the disc. But if your memory manager wipes this out (which all it really does is tells the OS it needs a lot of RAM, then the OS pages everything to disc, then the memory optimizer unallocates itself)... all that is really going to happen is you will end up with a lot of Page file activity and a slower system. BUT... if you really want to experiment with it, you can indeed make a task repeat every hour. 1. In the new Vista Task Scheduler, click Create Task. 2. In the dialog, set your options and command line for the program you want to run. 3. On the Triggers tab, click New. 4. Set it to run 'Daily' in the top frame, then check the box for 'Repeat Task every..." 1 hour for the duration of 1 day. Click OK and you're done. "Jon Schurmann" wrote: Quote: > Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2 > Dual core and TL 50 technology. > I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every > hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the > Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them. > Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am > through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours. > There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it > should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight. > Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task > Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between > the two does not seem to correspond.
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#3 (permalink)
Jon Schurmann n/a posts	RE: Task Scheduler Thanks I see what you mean. I will leave it alone for a couple of day and see what happens. After all I can always run it in the hourly fashion that you mention. Jon. "SKeene" wrote: Quote: > I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend not clearing the RAM, because Vista > has a different memory management than you might expect. It will appear to > use about 90% of available RAM to cache everything possible. This is great > because RAM is faster than the disc. But if your memory manager wipes this > out (which all it really does is tells the OS it needs a lot of RAM, then the > OS pages everything to disc, then the memory optimizer unallocates itself)... > all that is really going to happen is you will end up with a lot of Page file > activity and a slower system. > > BUT... if you really want to experiment with it, you can indeed make a task > repeat every hour. > > 1. In the new Vista Task Scheduler, click Create Task. > 2. In the dialog, set your options and command line for the program you want > to run. > 3. On the Triggers tab, click New. > 4. Set it to run 'Daily' in the top frame, then check the box for 'Repeat > Task every..." 1 hour for the duration of 1 day. Click OK and you're done. > > > > > > "Jon Schurmann" wrote: > Quote: > > Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2 > > Dual core and TL 50 technology. > > I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every > > hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the > > Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them. > > Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am > > through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours. > > There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it > > should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight. > > Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task > > Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between > > the two does not seem to correspond.
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#4 (permalink)
SKeene n/a posts	RE: Task Scheduler Ha ha.. cool. I'm opinionated, but I try to not be too much of an ass, lol. Best of luck. "Jon Schurmann" wrote: Quote: > Thanks I see what you mean. I will leave it alone for a couple of day and see > what happens. After all I can always run it in the hourly fashion that you > mention. Jon. > > "SKeene" wrote: > Quote: > > I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend not clearing the RAM, because Vista > > has a different memory management than you might expect. It will appear to > > use about 90% of available RAM to cache everything possible. This is great > > because RAM is faster than the disc. But if your memory manager wipes this > > out (which all it really does is tells the OS it needs a lot of RAM, then the > > OS pages everything to disc, then the memory optimizer unallocates itself)... > > all that is really going to happen is you will end up with a lot of Page file > > activity and a slower system. > > > > BUT... if you really want to experiment with it, you can indeed make a task > > repeat every hour. > > > > 1. In the new Vista Task Scheduler, click Create Task. > > 2. In the dialog, set your options and command line for the program you want > > to run. > > 3. On the Triggers tab, click New. > > 4. Set it to run 'Daily' in the top frame, then check the box for 'Repeat > > Task every..." 1 hour for the duration of 1 day. Click OK and you're done. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Jon Schurmann" wrote: > > Quote: > > > Vista Home Premium on a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop with 1GB. AMD Turion 64X2 > > > Dual core and TL 50 technology. > > > I want (because Vista is very heavy on RAM usage) to run Speed It Up every > > > hour or seventy minutes to clear the RAM down. Most things are covered in the > > > Task Scheduler but doing things more than once a day is not one of them. > > > Has anyone any ideas as I don't really want to schedule jobs from 8am > > > through to midnight all repeating themselves every 24 hours. > > > There could be an easier way by running another program but ideally it > > > should still resubmit itself to run in another hour/70 mins until midnight. > > > Also is there an easy way to correlate from a sidebar multi-meter to Task > > > Manager to get at what is actually using the system up? The % usage between > > > the two does not seem to correspond.
My System Specs

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