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I found a tutorial on how to start a task automatically when my computer locks, which required that I use secpol.msc. Unfortunately, this utility is unavailable in Windows 7 Home edition. I went to this link to determine how to access this task by editing the registry, and found this entry: Audit Policy security settings are not registry keys.

I'm trying to use task scheduler to accomplish this automation, but I am open to alternatives.

tl;dr: I tried some things, but automatically starting tasks on custom event firings is not possible using task scheduler in Windows 7 Home Edition.

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I solved the problem, but I think listing all the steps here might be useful to someone somewhere.

  1. Install a group policy editor
  2. Consult this spreadsheet to determine which policy corresponds to the one found in secpol.msc.
  3. Schedule tasks as you would normally.
Jacklynn
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