Re: Deleting Scheduled Tasks across the Enterprise using SMS 2003

I just got back for holidays and training, did you get this fixed?

"RicNagy" <RicNagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1EE5C64D-1133-4C92-9B17-E400F29F287B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Garth, Kim

Created a bat called NightlyRebootTaskDel.bat

In it I have:

Start C:\WINNT\System32\cmd.exe
AT /delete /yes
Exit

When I double click it...it runs and gets rid of the scheduled tasks,
however command prompt remains open.


"Garth" wrote:

There is no need for an MSI, you can create a package/program with the
commandline only, but if you like you can put it into a batch file.

"RicNagy" <RicNagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:80BB5CBC-094A-42B7-A5AA-3801D0588938@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Kim I have another question. Instead of building this into a package.
> Could I build either a logon script or a .bat file that SMS could call
> that
> would run the
>
> AT /delete /yes from a cmd prompt.
>
> With a .bat my hope would be to run it against a collection and still > not
> have to install anything on a workstation whereas with a MSI you still > are
> technically going to install something that has to be removed from ARP.
>
>
> "Kim Oppalfens [MVP]" <""Kim dot Oppalfen" wrote:
>
>> RicNagy wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have a question. A while back before I was here, there was an
>> > MSI
>> > created. This MSI was distributed via Active Directory and GPO. The
>> > purpose
>> > of the MSI was to force nightly reboots of workstations. The only >> > thing
>> > that
>> > was built into the MSI was a custom action:
>> >
>> > AT.exe 23:59 /interactive /every:M,T,W,TH,F,S,SU cmd.exe /c
>> > c:\winnt\tools\shutdown.exe /R /t:3600
>> >
>> > This created a scheduled task on every workstation to reboot them at
>> > night.
>> > We no longer need this because we are migrating to SMS 2003.
>> >
>> > I tested the uninstall of the MSI using add/remove programs. The
>> > program did
>> > uninstall however it did not delete the scheduled task. In fact upon
>> > conclusion of the unininstall it created a second task.
>> >
>> > What we would like to do is create collections in SMS 2003. Disable >> > the
>> > GPO
>> > for this MSI hence removing the so called program. Then using the
>> > created
>> > collections in conjunction with the AT command remove the scheduled
>> > tasks.
>> >
>> > Now I know the at command would normally would be
>> >
>> > AT \\computername /delete /yes and that would delete all scheduled
>> > tasks
>> >
>> > However my question is how to run this against the collections we
>> > create ins
>> > SMS.
>> >
>> you just create a package, add a program with the command line, at
>> /delete /yes
>> You don't need \\computername since it runs locally anyway.
>>
>> -- >> "Everyone is an expert at something"
>> Kim Oppalfens - Sms Expert for lack of any other expertise
>> Windows Server System MVP - SMS
>> http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogs/kim_oppalfenss_systems_management_ideas/default.aspx
>>


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