Understanding Conditions Associated with a Task

Conditions in conjunction with triggers determine whether the task will run. Tasks will not run if any condition associated with a given task is not fulfilled. The following list describes the types of conditions associated with a task:

Idle Conditions—A trigger can be based on idle time of a computer. Idle time is checked by the Task Scheduler service every 15 minutes. Computers are idle if a screensaver is running. When a screensaver is not running, the computer is considered to be idle if for 15 minutes the CPU usage and disk input or output were at 0% for 90% of the overall time. In this situation, mouse or keyboard input should also be nil during this period of time. The Task Scheduler service ...

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