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Central Point Scheduler Help

For information about using Help, press F1 or choose Using Help from the Help menu.

Commands

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Prompt Before Event

Exit


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Show Icon (Options Menu)

Disable this option if you don't want the Scheduler's icon displayed when it runs.  While the Scheduler is hidden, you can edit or change any Scheduler settings by double-clicking the Scheduler icon in the Program Manager.

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Exit dialog box


Prompt Before Event
Prompt Before Event (Options Menu)

Choose this option if you want to be notified before the scheduled event occurs.  The Scheduler displays a dialog box that gives you 30 seconds to cancel or postpone the event.  If no response is given, the event occurs at the scheduled time.

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Scheduler Alarm dialog box


Exit Scheduler
Exit (File Menu)

Quits the Scheduler. Scheduled events cannot occur under Windows if the Scheduler is closed.

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Exit dialog box


Add
Add Backup Schedule Item

Lets you schedule a previously created setup or script file. In the command's dialog box, the following options are provided:

Setup File

Select the setup file (script file) you want to schedule from the drop-down list.

Day of Week

Select the day(s) you want to schedule the event.  The Scheduler indicates selected days by turning them blue and placing a border around the name of the day.

Time

Select the time you want the event to begin.

OK

Schedules the event.

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Modifying Backup Schedule Item


Modify
Modify Backup Schedule Item

Setup File

Displays the files you can schedule in a drop-down list box.

Time

Select the time you want the scheduled event to begin.

Day of Week

Select the day(s) you want to schedule the event.  The Scheduler indicates selected days by turning them blue and placing a border around the name of the day.

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Adding Backup Schedule Item


Delete
Delete Schedule Item

Deletes a schedule entry.  Deleting a scheduled item does not delete the settings file it is based on.

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Adding Backup Schedule Item


Exit Central Point Scheduler
Exit Central Point Scheduler dialog box

Choose Minimize to continue running the Scheduler so that scheduled events can be run and monitored.  If you choose OK, your scheduled events will not be run.

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Exit

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Scheduler Alarm dialog box

If Prompt Before Event is enabled, the Scheduler notifies you 30 seconds before running the scheduled event.  The dialog box provides the following options:

Snooze

Choose Snooze to close the dialog box and postpone the event for five minutes.  After five minutes, the dialog box reappears and your event occurs unless you cancel or choose Snooze once more.

OK

Allows the event to run.

Cancel

Cancels the event.

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Scheduler Index


Choose Drives

Select one or more drives you want to check.

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Scheduler Index


Central Point Backup not Configured

You cannot schedule an unattended backup until Backup has been configured for your PC.  Backup prompts you for this information the first time you run it and then stores these settings in the WNBACKUP.INI file.

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Scheduler Index