You can make Scheduled Tasks run a script that launches Internet Explorer 7 with Microsoft Update in one tab and Secunia Software Inspector in another. I use IE 7 in this example because Microsoft Update won’t run in most other browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox. The technique shown below is adapted from a Windows Scripting Host script published by Tony Schreiner in his MSDN blog.

Step 1. Open your favorite text editor, such as Notepad. Type or paste in the following five lines:

var navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0×1000;
var oIE = new ActiveXObject(”InternetExplorer.Application”);
oIE.Navigate2(”oIE.Navigate2(”, navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Visible = true;

Step 2: Save the file with a .js extension. For example, I named mine Update-me.js.

Step 3: Choose Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Scheduled Tasks.

Step 4: In the Scheduled Tasks window, double-click Add Scheduled Task.

Step 5: In the Scheduled Task Wizard, click Next. Then click Browse.

Step 6: Locate and select Wscript.exe in Windows’ System32 folder. (Or just type c:\Windows\System32\Wscript.exe in the File name box; your path may differ.) Click Open.

Step 7: In the next step of the wizard, select Monthly and click Next.


Step 8: Specify a start time. Select the second radio button and specify the second Tuesday. Leave all months checked. Click Next.

Step 9: Enter your account name and password for an administrator account. (Only administrators can install updates.) Click Next.

Step 10: Check the box for opening advanced properties and click Finish.

Step 11: When the Wscript Properties dialog box opens, click at the end of the line in the Run box. Type a space followed by the path to your script (.js) file. If the path includes spaces or long names, put it in quotation marks. For example, when you’re done, the finished command should read something like this:

c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe “C:\My Documents\update-me.js”

Step 12: Click OK. Enter your account name and password again, if prompted. Click OK.

As long as you are logged in as an administrator on the appropriate day, Scheduled Tasks will open a browser with these two sites, reminding you of this important chore.