how to execute a batch when computer is on IDLE

Malneb said:

25-30 different drivers? suspicion would state that there is room for error here. Blue screen?

this isn't some run of the mill random driver test, its with fresh install of windows prior to installing network drivers, then I backup by making an image. install a driver, test it for several days up to 2 weeks at time with my normal activities, if it crash I restore to the fresh installed image with no residue from previous driver.

Malneb said:

Make sure that the adapter is set to not go to sleep either when "Allow this device to sleep"

this is off on all of the test

Malneb said:

where did you get all these drivers?

intel's WLAN card from intel's website, or from my laptop vender website directly.

the LAN driver theres only several ones. older vers, new vers all from vender's site or the actual manufacture's site. I find the chip, find the corresponding driver if they have them.

for other WLAN adapters, since venders dont support (such as external USB ones) I install drivers that came with them, or find updated versions.

all of which is over the course of maybe 3-4 years of test and im defeated at this point. either getting a new computer or I find a workaround.

Try3 said:

I've also got some thoughts on investigating the main problem but I'd prefer to help you get the workaround done first.
Have you set up the TS task with its Idle trigger?


Best of luck,
Denis

yes, currently setting it up and under testing. unfortunately I forgot I did this 2 nights ago to check the up-time for the adapter to see if it had reset while I was sleeping. I rebooted this morning due to uninstalling some program and should have checked before. but will monitor it by tomorrow morning.

Try3 said:

I don't know how you like to monitor such things but you could consider enabling Task scheduler task history or adding in a line to the batch line to write to a log
e.g.
echo %date% %time% >>C:\Users\%UserName%\Desktop\NetworkAdapterReset.log


Denis

so it looks like idle doesnt seem to work correctly. I was watching a movie with VLC constantly playing, it would reset my wifi. it also reset during gamign session which disconnected my net for about 5 seconds and reconnected, confirmed both times with taskscheduler's last task run time.

it seems this task, even if its on idle window just treats it as every couple of hours and the idle thing dont seem to matter..?

Try3 said:

It sounds like the computer is idle whilst playing a video.
Perfectly possible.
TS- Task Idle Conditions MSDN
What are the criteria that Windows uses to put the system state on idle - Super User
on idle problems and a retracted explanation - EightForums

It seems that some further test will need to be inserted into the batch file to help it decide whether to run the resetting commands or not.
Might a test of being / not being connected to the internet suit the situation?


Denis

yea I did read some of those or articles similar to those ones. but what doesnt make sense to me is that my mouse as well as keyboard moving and pressing keystrokes.

for watching videos, I often press fast forward/backward jump/skip of 3-5 seconds etc, and does this every 5-10 mins or so especially if I miss something.

for gaming session obviously theres always keyboard + mouse movement nonstop so this doesn't make any sense why it would go think im idling when im actually not.

Try3 said:

Oh.
In that case idle shouldn't be triggered at all.

Can we assume, for the time being, that TS's idle trigger does not work properly and that some other solution would be required?
If you detected that you were connected to a network [a condition that TS can check] but it wasn't working properly [could not actually access a website], would that accurately describe your problem? If so, we could build on that idea.

Denis

theres internet traffic, a qutie a bit of them during gaming. lots of CPU/GPU load too, not to mention keystroke and mouse moving. honestly im not sure what else to do at this point.