Scripting Language

Please excuse this post if I have put it in the wrong group - was not
sure where to go with it really.

I would like to make my computer (WinXP Pro) go online when I boot up
in the morning and collect the 'daily crossword puzzle', downloading
it to a folder on my hard drive. I would want to do this only first
thing each day, and not to re-do it if I reboot the computer for
whatever reason, so perhaps it needs to be setup not to run
automatically but only when I click, say, a desktop icon.

I am not a complete beginner with computers, having done some work in
visual basic and basic programming, as well as vba for msoffice 2003.
While this does not make a programmer out of me, it did give me a good
understanding of how things work in the background of software and a
bit of an idea about what all is involved in actually creating
programs. I have read in passing about a scripting language so I know
it is out there but I know nothing about it really, and am not even
sure if it would be the correct thing to use to accomplish what I
would like to do. Is the scripting language a part of the windows os?

I just really need a push into the right direction - then I can start
reading and studying and trying to find out how to do this. Or perhaps
this cannot even be done - just knowing that and saving myself a lot
of grief would really be helpful. While this is really a frivolous
task, I'm sure I would learn a ton about something new to me, and that
is the real challenge here.

TIA
Joanne
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