Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
Scheduling User Interface (UI) automation macros to occur when Windows is logged off or locked is problematic. A full user session needs to be active for a UI macro to work. Why is this? Windows consists of “Window Stations” and “Desktops”. A window station is a secure object that contains a clipboard, a set of […]
Good news – we now have macro recording working nicely under Windows Vista. Macro Scheduler is able to run at the “asInvoker” level, marked as a “uiAccess” application, meaning it does not need to “elevate” and can interact with other processes – so any level of user can run it and record macros successfully. The […]
Some good news. I have had confirmation that Macro Scheduler will not have to run elevated at admin levels in order to set a journal hook and record macros. It will only have to be flagged as a “uiAccess” app which will allow it to record across other processes of the same security level. So […]
One of Microsoft’s main focuses with Vista is to improve security. A major problem with current versions of Windows is that to be productive you pretty much always need to be logged in as an Administrator. There are lots of day to day tasks that a regular user can’t do, but should be able to. […]