title: What is the Windows version of cron?
body: <p>A <a href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;sourceid=navclient&amp;gfns=1&amp;q=windows+cron" rel="noreferrer">Google search</a> turned up software that performs the same functions as cron, but nothing built into Windows.</p>
  
  <p>I'm running Windows XP Professional, but advice for any version of Windows would be potentially helpful to someone.</p>
  
  <p>Is there also a way to invoke this feature (which based on answers is called the Task Scheduler) programatically or via the command line?</p>