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More info?)
So you're saying that the screensaver continues to run? That's good because
I normally have the screensaver settings set to return to the "Welcome
Screen" upon exit (which might be a problem for the scheduled program
running at that time.)
"Michael Cecil" <macecil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:36:06 -0500, "Michael Seidner"
> <seidnerm@classicnet.net> wrote:
>
>>Just curious. I have started running backups & file compression (via
>>batch
>>file) using the Task Scheduler. What happens when the screensaver is
>>running when the time arrives for a scheduled event?
>>
> It'll still work. Just like if you leave the computer in the middle of
> editing a Word document, the screensaver will come on but Word will still
> be running - see? The screensaver shouldn't interfere with any tasks like
> that, except if the screensaver is very CPU intensive it might slow down
> those tasks.
>
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
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