JIT Scheduler

There is an abundance of activities which can be performed on a computer, even though it doesn’t mean spending pass-time on it or playing video games. Regardless of the case, it might come in handy to have some simple tasks, such as running programs, activated automatically at predefined time intervals, and JIT Scheduler can help you in this regard.

As far as the visual design goes, the application reserves most of the window space to show all created tasks in a table layout, with column headers for name, date, time, interval, command, status, and last run. The upper toolbar holds general functions, which can also be accessed from the context menu.

There are a couple of task types you can create, namely based on computer user, or general system tasks. You easily switch from a dedicated drop-down menu, while the creation window remains the same. This means that you’re able to have tasks automatically launched on other users, given they’re configured on the administrator account.

Creating a new task brings up a window which takes you through several steps. A name needs to be written down for easy identification, as well as the type, which can be application, document, message, or shutting down the computer. The action field changes depending on the task type you select.

Time is an important resource here, which represents the last step in the creation process. You have the liberty of setting a task to run in an interval, fixed time, make it recurrent, an even launch again if the computer was offline during the target time, or errors occurred. It’s easy to create and save different profiles to load based on the activities which need to be performed.

To sum it up, JIT Scheduler comes with an impressive array of features which helps you automate a whole variety of computer tasks. This can mean running applications, launching files, displaying messages, or simply shutting down your computer, while time configuration options make sure they’re triggered exactly when they’re supposed to.