Advanced Task Scheduler is a multifunctional task scheduler, which allows launching programs and connection files, opening documents and Internet pages, displaying popup reminders, playing sounds, shutting down and restarting computer, turning off monitor only, stopping running processes, establishing and closing dial-up connections automatically. Advanced Task Scheduler offers full set of scheduling tools that allow running scheduled tasks automatically once, minutely, hourly, daily, monthly, yearly, in specified period of time after starting the computer or by such events as hot key, computer idle, dial-up connection established/terminated. Advanced Task Scheduler is a tool that can schedule running of applications. Advanced Task Scheduler can be started as a Windows Service and work in the background so it will not take a place on the desktop but all scheduled tasks will work normally. This feature allows run Advanced Task Scheduler even when no user is logged on. Advanced Task Scheduler can automate many of your routine tasks. Automatic launching of programs with flexible set of planning tools will set you free from having to wait until some time to run needed applications. Popup reminders let you not forget important things that you were planning to get done. Automatic shutdown feature allows leaving the computer running while being sure that it will be shut down at specified hour. The capability of stopping processes at specified hour makes it possible not only starting programs automatically but stopping programs automatically as well. Automatic opening and closing dial-up connections allows both establishing and closing dial-up connections at extremely accurate moment of time.