how to start a long running program at system start and stop at login and restart at logoff

Question

I am trying to mine some crypto currency with my computer.
Untill now I have done this:

1. At system start, I have scheduled a task to start the mining software
2. at login I have scheduled another task to kill the mining process
3. Here comes the question: I need to restart the mining process as soon as the user logs off.

But I couldnt figure out how to schedule a task at logoff, so I decided to use Group Policy Ediotr's Logoff scripts. But the problem is, I can't seem to log off at all, because system seems to be waiting for the "script" to finish, and since it is a mining process, it doesn't finish, and the user is never logged off!

How do I configure windows to resume mining after the logoff?

Answer 1

Rather than do this with a logout script, use the Task Scheduler for this too.

One of the trigger options is for an Event. So in the Triggers tab, create a new trigger, and choose "On an event". then use the following settings:

Log:  Security
Source: Microsoft Windows security auditing
Event id: 4634

Check your event logs, in the security logs to make sure this event ID matches your logoff event and that they are being logged.