Managing the System Registry Hive on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Integrity Systems

Figure 8 General tab
4. In the Triggers tab, change the following settings:
• Begin the task: change to “At startup”
Also select the following check boxes:
• Delay Task for: 1 Minute
The Triggers tab is not available on the Windows Server 2003 Task Scheduler, in which case
the script must be run at startup. The task is delayed for 60 seconds in Windows Server 2008
to give the system more time to get into a running state. This is due to RegSave acting like
the Export Hive function in RegEdit, where the hive will be locked while it is saved. Given
that there are normally a large number of processes starting at boot time, delaying the Save
by 60 seconds lets those finish.
When finished, the Triggers tab should look like this:
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