Using the task scheduler, you can prepare your laptop for work each morning so you can immediately start working. Create a message every morning when you wake up to bring your computer out of hibernation, or use Windows Task Scheduler to open a specific program like Outlook or Excel so you can jump into reporting or email responses. If you want to be able to leap out of bed and seize the morning, set a daily task to wake your computer up.

Step 1

Use the search charm to find “Task Scheduler.” You can also open your Control Panel window and perform a search for “Task Scheduler” with or without quotes. Once you see the application, click on the icon to launch it.

Step 2

Click on the “General” tab and name your task.

Step 3

Click the “Actions” tab and select “New.” This will create a pop-up.

Step 4

Choose from the drop-down menu what you want Task Scheduler to do when triggered. You can launch a program or display a message. Click “Next” when you are done.

Step 5

Click the “Triggers” tab and set the basic triggers that will launch your action. You can choose to launch the task daily, weekly, monthly, when the computer starts, when you log on or when a specific event is logged. Beneath “Advanced Settings,” set any special conditions you may have like time delay or an expiration date for your task.

Step 6

Review the trigger, action and time to make sure that the action does what you want when you want. Click “OK” when you are ready to set your action.

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