Question

I just finished writing a script with PowerShell and I need it to run every time my system wakes up from sleep or Hibernation.
I tried the gpedit.msc -> User Config -> Windows Settings -> Scripts -> Logon but this does not work when my system Wakes up from ‘Sleep’… probably because ‘Sleep’ – > ‘Wake -up’ is not technically new logon (As a user I am already logged-on).

Either a Sleep-Wake event or Login (User Login) event should trigger my script.

Any ideas on how I can do this?

More Info on what my script does: It checks if internet/network is connected. If yes, it will attempt to run the Cisco VPN connection command line utility with required arguments and logs me into VPN. Every time I wake my system up from sleep and login I need the damn VPN to connect me automatically.

Answer 1

I figured it out. I used the Task Scheduler as Richard indicated above.

I set the Trigger as..
On an Event -> System -> Kernel-Power -> 42

If anyone is interested… here is the script (I am a beginner with PowerShell scripts, so welcome your inputs)

$strComputerName = gc env:computername
$strVPN = 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpnclient.exe'
$vpnArgs = 'connect', 'ProfileName', 'user', 'XXXXXXXX', 'pwd', 'XXXXXXXXXX'
[int]$count = 6
Write-Host "Checking for Internet Connectivity"
While (!([Activator]::CreateInstance([Type]::GetTypeFromCLSID([Guid]'{DCB00C01-570F-4A9B-8D69-199FDBA5723B}')).IsConnectedToInternet))
{
    Write-Host "Sleeping for 10 seconds before checking for internet again"
    Start-Sleep -s 10
    $count--
    if ( $count -eq 0) 
    {
        Write-Host "Breaking from loop"
        break
    }
}
if ( $count -ne 0) { Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock { & $strVPN $vpnArgs } }
else { Write-Host "No Internet Connectivity, so not attempting VPN connection" }