Computer automation

That depends on the provider, does it not? I'm not looking for a do-it-all automater, I'm only looking for something more versatile than Windows' Task Scheduler.

You could use AutoHotKey to do what you're looking for. For example:

Code:

IfWinExist, DoEverything.txt
{
  WinActivate, DoEverything.txt
  WinWaitActive, DoEverything.txt
}

You can also do key bindings and event scheduling.

I've written a data entry GUI app in AutoHotKey and it's quite powerful. The GUI creation is simply an abstraction from the Win32 API. The language style is a mix between Visual Basic and C.