Free cron software for windows

jCron 1.1 lends you the ability of using a complete and professional Java-based task scheduler for Windows NT/2000 that will run as an NT service and will not die if the user logs out (a common problem in other Windows NT/2000 scheduling applications).

It is based on the familiar Unix cron with a time granularity of one minute. Using jCron makes it possible to schedule the invocation of the main method of any Java class with arguments. It will also run Win32 EXEs.

Requirements:

• Windows NT/2000
  
• Java Runtime Environment 1.2.2
  

With Z-Cron scheduler you can execute tasks on your computer automatically and time-controlled. Z-Cron is a central control centre for time-controlling and automation of software. Z-Cron scheduler does not only start other applications but can also show popup windows with reminder text messages on the screen or shut down the system time-controlled.

PerlNet is a free and useful Telnet/SSH Emulator made with perl on the server side and MFC on the Client Side. It is very compact and is released under an open source GPL license.
PerlNet can be used by those who wish to compile software, do cron jobs, use the shell, or java or anything else that you can normally do through telnet or ssh. If you have a website and the server admin has not given you telnet access, you can use this instead and do most of what you can do with regular telnet.
You can use GCC, htpasswd, tar, java, perl, grep, find, crontab and alot of other utilities. There is a built in crontab editor, and file editor also.

Installer of last version Apache, MySQL, PHP and CRON for Windows. CDSITE is a useful installer designed to put any Apache, PHP, MySQL, SQLite based web site to CD or DVD. Ideal for starting web applications from CD. Includes interactive monitor and installer.
CDSITE - installer of last version Apache, MySQL, PHP and CRON for Windows. CDSITE runs from any location, including directories with names containing spaces, CD or DVD.
It works fine from read-only media like compact discs (CDs), DVD disks.

Plan/B - The Backup Solution Plan/B is a network aware file backup system specifically created to make the backup of files from multiple machines to a variety of devices simple. The system includes features such as comprehensive reporting, the ability to use CDROM (and soon DVD) drives across the network and centralised management. Plan/B can be deployed on Windows .
Main features:
- Backup anything, to anywhere: You can use any kind of device that Plan/B knows about (currently CDROM, Local disk, Windows Network share, FTP device) as either a source or destination. There is no limitation (as there is in DataArmour).
- Incremental mode Copy only what has changed, saving bandwith and time.
- Multiple sources, multiple Destinations: A backup may source its files from multiple machines and devices. The destinations for a backup job can also be any number of machines or devices. Thus it is now easy to have a single set of files (documents, code or other important assets) copied to more than one location using a single job. No need to clone a job anymore!
- Multi-Platform: As the system is written in Java, it will work with any machine for which there is a VM (this is true for the backup server and agents). The administration console can be run on either a Linux or Windows machine (when SWT, the GUI framework used for the console matures on OSX, the console will be able to run on that Mac as well)
- Volume spanning: If any removable destination is out of space, then it is possible to request the next volume during the backup process. A good example of this is backup to multiple CDs. Plan/B supports both the spanning of single files across multiple media, and also the saving of complete files across different media. In the first case, a large file can be split across two volumes. In the second case, only complete files are written to any volume (obviously, if the file is larger than the size of the volume, it will have to be split up).
- Flexible selection: A single job can backup whatever is deemed important to the user. The files to backup are specified by rules, which can be as simple as include everything, and complex as include all word documents, all excel spreadsheets under my docs directory, and everything NOT ending in .bak under the data directory
- Flexible scheduler: Jobs can be run whenever you like. The current scheduling implementation takes on a form very similar to Cron, but other implementations are easily added. The important point here is that the process of deciding when a backup should be run is completely separated from anything else about the backup job. This is a change from DataArmour, where the scheduling (specifically, the weekly incremental backup job scheduling) is fixed to run on a Monday, with a full backup occurring every week. In Plan/B, user defined schedules are possible.
- Statistics: The system emits various statistics while in operation, including current progress of various jobs, jobs in the run queue, current load, and recent logged events.

ActiveQ is a free mail queuing service with extended task scheduling support written in 100% managed C#.NET. This service allows you to send thousands of queued emails in a few minutes and also schedule mail for later delivery.
Standard queuing is becoming required when sending a newsletter to thousands of subscribers.
Standard or scheduled queuing of complex emails
Scheduled emails can have a very powerful use in a CRM system. For example if a user downloads the latest version of your software, you would like to send him a confirmation email the same day, but also another email 7 days later to ask him if his evaluation is going well and if he needs assistance.
You might also like to send an email to the customer 30 days later with information on how to register as well as a link to a form where they can input their impressions, suggestions etc. Using ActiveQ, you will be able to send these 3 emails in few seconds: the first will be delivered immediately (Standard Queuing) and the two others will be scheduled (Scheduled Queuing).
Performance and scalability
ActiveQ was designed with performance in mind, so it includes a multi-thread processing architecture to send multiples emails at a time. You can configure the number of threads used or you can let ActiveQ automatically adjust itself based on the performance/resources available for the requests.
While not required, ActiveQ supports a list of SMTP servers for redundancies. If no SMTP server is specified, ActiveQ will use the DirectSend technology of ActiveMail component.
ActiveQ is fault tolerant. In case of a server crash, no queued mail is lost. The system will automatically reload them at startup.
Scheduled Tasks
Another big feature of ActiveQ is the ability to allow you or your users to build an XML file containing scheduled tasks. A task consists of a URL (HTTP) to query (POST or GET method) or a file to execute and a list of triggers. Triggers include daily, weekly, monthly, or a specific day, week or month of year.
This system is ideal for your scheduled tasks. You will now be able to access a system like CRON without having to use SessionStart tricks and other systems that are not reliable and scalable.
You can query scripts that will:
- update currency values daily
- send monthly sales reports
- clear a temp directory
Ideal for ISPs
ActiveQ mail queuing supports multiple pickup directories and Multiple XML task list configuration files. This is ideal for ISPs that want to allow their customers to take advantage of this without having to define special permissions for a unique directory.
Powerful service manager to monitor
The powerful ActiveQ manager will allow you to see what is going on with your scheduled mails and tasks. The main log window will inform you of what the service is doing for you. You will be able to add or remove pickup directories or XML task configuration files.
Availability
ActiveQ is a free application. All the email-related features require the ActiveMail component to run as well as a separate license (1 license per server). Installing ActiveMail will also allow your customers or your application to take advantage of this feature-laden email component The scheduled tasks system, though, does not require ActiveMail and thus is completely free to use. See the comparison chart for more information.
Main features:
- Immediate or scheduled sending of complex emails.
- Multiple pickup directory support (ideal for ISPs).
- Automatic Thread load-balancing based on the performance and resources of the server against requests.
- Powerful service managing to monitor the running and scheduled tasks.
- Fault-tolerant. In case of a crash, nothing is lost and the system is automatically resynchronized on startup.
- Execute a GET or POST query on any HTTP web site or intranet.
- Triggers include Daily, Weekly, Monthly or a specific day, week and month of year. Includes hour and minute information.
- Multiple XML task list configuration file support (ideal for ISPs).