Good Morning,
I just saw the link to ask you a question and here is mine. Admin do you know of a way I can configure Vista to let me know if a specific error or event happens while I am AFK?
I hear Vista can hit me on my Blackberry when an event occurs and it’s suppose to be native through the OS. Is this true and how can I configure it?I know they said its in but I be damned if I can’t find it. Hook a fellow admin up!
Your Loyal Reader JayDee
You sure can JayDee! And not only is it pretty simple – you can use any email client not only a Crackberry – check it out.
- Now you can attach a task to ANY event. Navigate through System Tools / Event Viewer / Windows Logs / Application.
- Now select an event – then look to the pane on the right and click “Attach Task to This Event.”
- Name it whatever you want and put in a description to help you remember what it is for, click through to the next step, in the Action step you will see the “Send an e-mail” option.
Attaching tasks to events can also be used as a great troubleshooting feature or to save your ass in the case something goes horribly wrong while you are away.
To make use of this, Windows Vista’s Event Viewer has something called the Task Scheduler Wizard and provides you with a bunch of choices for actions to attach to each event.
Anyone out there using this already? Hit us up in the comments?
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When Longhorn comes out I hope this feature is in it. I can see that coming in handy.
this is good tip thank you and thank you to be adding translation. i am from Germany.
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