Back up tips for windows?

[Jope]

Use windows scripting host + windows scheduler.

Search microsoft.com for info on these, it's out of the scope of this site to explain / teach windows scripting..

Another option would be to install cygwin and create a shell script that runs from cron. Again, there are plenty of shell tutorials on the net.

[Jope]

I don't think you can schedule and background windows backup?

I haven't looked at it very much, however - it sends and gets my files to DLT just fine,  but I use it manually.. :-)