You can send email notification of a device information change to the asset manager. Because this task is not registered in Windows Task Scheduler, you must register the task if you use it.

To register the Notification of hardware change task to Windows Task Scheduler in Windows Server 2003:

1. In the Scheduled Tasks control panel, double-click Add Scheduled Task.
2. Specify the settings as instructed by the task wizard that appears.
   
   • For the task name, specify Notification of hardware change.
   • For the program to be executed, specify jamscript.exe.
     The jamscript command execution file is located in the following folder:
     Asset-Information-Manager-installation-folder\exe
     
   • For the user name, specify a name with administrator permissions.
3. Select the Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish check box, and then click the Finish button.
4. In the displayed dialog box, choose the Task tab.
5. In Run, add -f Asset-Information-Manager-installation-folder\scriptbatch\NoticeUpdateRecord.txt.
6. Click the OK button.
   The dialog box closes and the Notification of hardware change task is registered.
   

When you execute the Notification of hardware change task, the task reports the number of devices that have been changed since the last task execution. It may take time to report the information when the task is executed for the first time or after a long period of time since the previous task.

To automatically send notification by email, you must set up Asset Information Manager and Microsoft Internet Information Services accordingly. For details about the settings for using notification by email, see 5.10 Settings for using notification by email.

The following table describes the return values for the Notification of hardware change task.

Table 5-29 Return values for the Notification of hardware change task

Return value	Description
0x0	Normal termination
0x1	No applicable data was found.
0x2	Email notification is not specified.
0x3 or higher	Terminated with some other error.