Hi,   
      
   I'm trying to help a friend get a "scheduled task" to run   
   on XP. I've done it before for myself but for some reason   
   I'm starting to bomb with this particular effort and it's   
   beginning to become embare-assing.   
      
   The objective is to run on boot a small .bat file turned   
   into a .com which (would) discretely log the boot event   
   by swapping two otherwise useless files on a data partition   
   (no effect on XP or its ops but the executable cron would   
   reside in XP root for simplicity ..or wherever).   
      
   When I did it for myself there was some difficulty and   
   I can't remember how I got XP to take it under SYSTEM   
   authority and without a password but it did and it has   
   been working ever since.   
      
   This time I'm again dealing with a fix1 edition of XP but   
   on a laptop and I've tried every which way but even when it   
   seems to have gone in ok it never actually executes. Has   
   this prob been addressed by any of the other two fixes or   
   can someone point me to a bulletproof step-by step tutorial?   
   As I said I've tried just about everything I can think of   
   except direct (dos?) command as outlined by MS which I have   
   no resources to do (and still don't know if that would work   
   any better).   
      
   Gimme what works and I'll have the bartender say a mass   
   for you.   
      
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