With BCWipe Task Manager, you can schedule a wiping task to automatically run at a fixed time or set up a recurring wiping task.

 

To set up a recurring wiping task, click on ‘Schedule’ while creating a wiping task. ‘Schedule’ can be found next to ‘Wiping commands’.

 

To view a step-by step guide on how to create a task, see this article: Creating a wiping task



The default schedule is ‘Once’ and ‘As soon as possible’. If you don’t change the schedule, the task will be executed immediately after you click on ‘Save and start’.

 

Another option for a one-time task is ‘Once’ and ‘At set time’. You can select this option and choose a date and time. The task will automatically start at the selected time if the PC is on. Otherwise, the task will automatically start next time the PC is switched on.

 


You can run wiping tasks with ‘Frequency: Once’ again by selecting the task from the list in BCWipe Task Manager and clicking ‘Start’.

To create recurring wiping tasks that start automatically, choose a different frequency. To do so, click on the drop-down menu next to ‘Frequency’. This will offer you the following selection:


🗲HINT: ‘Next execution time’ at the top of the ‘Schedule’ tab will calculate when the task will run according to the selected schedule. If the PC is not ON at the time, the task will proceed during the next scheduled time.

 


‘Daily’. Choose this option for the task to automatically run every ‘X’ days.


Additionally, you can set a time for the task to start and chose a recurrence interval (in days).



‘Weekly’. Choose this option for the task to automatically run on a set weekday every ‘X’ weeks.

Additionally, you can set a time for the task to start, choose a recurrence interval (in weeks), and define one or multiple weekdays for the task to be executed.

 

In the above example, the task will automatically start on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4:45 PM every other week.



‘Monthly’. Choose this option for the task to automatically run on a set date or on a defined weekday every month.

Select ‘Date’ and pick a date from the drop-down menu for the task to automatically run on a set date every month.

 

Select ‘Weekday’ and define one or multiple weekdays together with an order number for the task to automatically run on a set weekday every month.


In the above example, the task will automatically start on the third Friday of every month at 4:45 PM.


 

‘At user logon’. Choose this option for the task to automatically run when you log in to your Windows profile.

Additionally, you can choose whether the task should automatically run every time you log in, or once a day/week/month only.



‘At startup’. Choose this option for the task to automatically run when you turn your PC on.

User-specific registry items will be wiped when a user logs in. Additionally, you can choose whether the task should automatically run every time the PC is turned on, or once a day/week/month only.


 

‘At user logoff/shutdown’. Choose this option for the task to automatically run when you sign out of your Windows profile or shut the PC down.

Additionally, you can choose whether the task should automatically run every time you sign out or shut the PC down, or once a day/week/month only.


🗲HINT: You can forcibly sign out when a logoff/shutdown task is running by clicking ‘Logoff’ on BCWipe’s progress dialog box. For a regular sign out, the task will continue as normal when you are logged off. If the PC is being shut down, the task will be terminated.

 

By default, the timeout for logoff scripts in Windows is 10 minutes. This means that if the wiping task has taken more than 10 minutes to complete, the system will force you to sign out. For a regular sign out, the task will continue as normal when you are logged off. If the PC is being shut down, the task will be terminated.

 

To increase the timeout, perform these steps (administrator privileges required):

 

•        Open ‘Group Policy’: ‘Start’ -->  ‘Run’ -->  type 'gpedit.msc'.

•        In the left pane, navigate to ‘Computer Configuration’ -->  ‘Administrative Templates’ -->  ‘System’ -->  ‘Scripts’

•        Select ‘Maximum wait time for Group Policy scripts’, right-click and run the ‘Properties’ command.

•        Click the 'Enabled' radio button and set the seconds to zero.

•        Click ‘Apply’ -->  ‘OK’.