Auto download files without user input

[AHarvey]

Hi,

I've been asked to look for the best way of completing the following:

Have a list of file URL's stored on a webserver.
Have a script on a windows PC that reads that script and downloads the files without the user having to do anything or be interrupted by the process.

It's to be used over a couple of locations for auto downloading training material and some awards/prize scheme they want to trial.

They don't want people to know the files have been downloaded as the don't want people reading things before the training and they want to be able to say "ok, stop work, open this folder on your computer!" which means I can't then have them download the files at that point.

Any ideas?

 

[AHarvey]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

I've been here 18 months, leaving at the end of the month after doing the work of 2 people. I can't be bothered explaining things to them anymore. They set their mind on what they want and that's it. Like delivering 2000 blogs in 90 days, managed 600 and 540 where complete ****, luckily I'd moved on to SEO and PPC by the end of it

 

[AHarvey]

yeah it could, but they don't want it done that way.

Group policies work if you've a domain server in place.... which they don't.