>Rather than write one and install it as an NT Service, I'd like to make use of something like the Windows Task Scheduler that gets installed with IE. However, I need programmatic access to add and remove tasks and set their parameters. I have been advised that Windows Task Scheduler doesn't have COM access (and I haven't found any evidence of any).
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>Does anyone have any experience with scheduling software? Any recommendations or warnings?

Hi Bruce,

The Task Scheduler is a COM-based object. You can find it's home page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/taskschd/ts_portal_690l.asp.