Personnaly, I would go with a scheduler (the one of Windows). I know a lot of people who are using the scheduler in SQL server even if the task is not related to SQL.
>We need to create a system which runs two processes on a daily basis in Win 2003 (or perhaps Win 2000). We have no Win 2003 experience, so I was hoping for any advice people can give.
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>We see a couple of possibilities. The first would be to create a service with a timer which triggers the processes once a day. The second would be setting up a scheduled task, similar to what's available in XP (assuming that there is such a thing available in WIN 2003). I'm sure that there are more options that we have not thought of.
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>Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.
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>Thanks,
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>David
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