| Subject: Run Program on Critical Battery Level |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/7/2008 5:06:36 AM |
| From: "Megabyte" [Email Address Protection] |
I found a post asking a similar question to this, but the answer does not really help me, so I'll ask again. I'm looking to find out how to run a program (or script/batch file preferably) that will autorun when the battery reaches critical level. The reason I ask is that I have my PC and a Western Digital MyBook World Edition network drive connected to my UPS. For those who don't know, it runs a version of linux, and I have hacked into the box and added a pointer that looks for a connection on a specific port and when it gets one, shuts down the box properly. Since I have my PC hibernate when my UPS is almost dead, I'd like to run a script that launches telnet to a specific host on a specific port. When that completes, Hibernate. This was easy in XP, as there was a "Run Program" option in the power options. I can't seem to find it in Vista. Please help, Thanks -- ET |
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| Subject: Re: Run Program on Critical Battery Level |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/7/2008 5:29:25 AM |
| From: "Rick Rogers" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi, Haven't tried it myself yet, but I should think you'd be able to do this with Task Scheduler by setting an event trigger. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Megabyte" <etingley@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:A35E2ECD-7EA8-41DB-8621-5B5F7C3013D5@microsoft.com... >I found a post asking a similar question to this, but the answer does not >really help me, so I'll ask again. > > I'm looking to find out how to run a program (or script/batch file > preferably) that will autorun when the battery reaches critical level. > > The reason I ask is that I have my PC and a Western Digital MyBook World > Edition network drive connected to my UPS. For those who don't know, it > runs a version of linux, and I have hacked into the box and added a > pointer that looks for a connection on a specific port and when it gets > one, shuts down the box properly. > > Since I have my PC hibernate when my UPS is almost dead, I'd like to run a > script that launches telnet to a specific host on a specific port. When > that completes, Hibernate. > > This was easy in XP, as there was a "Run Program" option in the power > options. I can't seem to find it in Vista. > > Please help, > > Thanks > -- ET > > |
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| Subject: Re: Run Program on Critical Battery Level |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/8/2008 1:16:55 AM |
| From: "Megabyte" [Email Address Protection] |
I had considered this, and in fact that's how I have it set up now... However, the same event is logged whether I manually put the PC to sleep or it goes to sleep due to a power event, so far as I can tell... There's got to be a registry entry for it somewhere, I just have not been able to locate it. I find it unlikely that Microsoft would remove functionality. I find it more likely that they would hide potentially dangerous functionality so as to protect those who do not understand the implications of just "running a program" on a power event... -- ET "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:eXT9rVOEJHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > Haven't tried it myself yet, but I should think you'd be able to do this > with Task Scheduler by setting an event trigger. > > -- > Best of Luck, > > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com > > "Megabyte" <etingley@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:A35E2ECD-7EA8-41DB-8621-5B5F7C3013D5@microsoft.com... >>I found a post asking a similar question to this, but the answer does not >>really help me, so I'll ask again. >> >> I'm looking to find out how to run a program (or script/batch file >> preferably) that will autorun when the battery reaches critical level. >> >> The reason I ask is that I have my PC and a Western Digital MyBook World >> Edition network drive connected to my UPS. For those who don't know, it >> runs a version of linux, and I have hacked into the box and added a >> pointer that looks for a connection on a specific port and when it gets >> one, shuts down the box properly. >> >> Since I have my PC hibernate when my UPS is almost dead, I'd like to run >> a script that launches telnet to a specific host on a specific port. >> When that completes, Hibernate. >> >> This was easy in XP, as there was a "Run Program" option in the power >> options. I can't seem to find it in Vista. >> >> Please help, >> >> Thanks >> -- ET >> >> > |
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