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You can schedule the script to run during off hours via the task scheduler. That way the script can run hours before the users need to log on and not interfere with user logins.
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You can schedule the script to run during off hours via the task scheduler. That way the script can run hours before the users need to log on and not interfere with user logins.

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Ok, unfortunately we've already been through this, the scheduled task running at startup will not be able to write files to the network share (which is what the script does) as it runs as SYSTEM. Even if the task is setup to run as domain admin...
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Ok, unfortunately we've already been through this, the scheduled task running at startup will not be able to write files to the network share (which is what the script does) as it runs as SYSTEM. Even if the task is setup to run as domain admin...

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ok, sorry you will need another expert to assist with this if you already tried that task scheduler which you say failed because of the nature of the script.
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ok, sorry you will need another expert to assist with this if you already tried that task scheduler which you say failed because of the nature of the script.

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I want to run a powershell script at startup on some win10 machines that backs up many GB of data. I don't want to delay logon until this script ends so is there a way (apart from a shutdown script) where this script can run hidden in the background?
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I want to run a powershell script at startup on some win10 machines that backs up many GB of data. I don't want to delay logon until this script ends so is there a way (apart from a shutdown script) where this script can run hidden in the background?

Powershell script running in the background

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.