task scheduler API(s) or scripts for the XP os

Question

• what is the best practice in having a task schedule itself to run peiodically under the XP os.
  Can the task scheduler be used programatically to do that.??

Answer 1

There's a task scheduler API accessible through win32 or scripts. More info here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384006(VS.85).aspx