"Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> >> WinXP sp2 fully updated. Task scheduler fails to start automatically.
> >> Individual tasks will run if started manually, but not automatically.
> >> Task
> >> Scheduler is On.
> >> Can anyone advise!!!!
> >>
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> >> Paul Woodsford
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> >
> > I'm a little confused. Here is what you wrote:
> > - Task scheduler fails to start automatically.
> > - Task Scheduler is On.
> >
> > Now is it the Task Scheduler service that fails to start,
> > or is it the scheduled tasks that do not run? If it is the
> > latter, what are you trying to run and how do you know
> > that it failed to run?
> >
> >
>
> It is 3 individual tasks that fail to run. 1. Creates an automatic System
> Restore Point at 0420
> 2. System Restart at 0430
> 3. Spybot S&D scan at 0500
>
> Under Task Scheduler-Advanced the Option to Switch Off or Pause Task
> Scheduler is available so I presume it is Enabled.
> The last run Time/Date for each operation does not update.
>
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> Paul Woodsford
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Let's do something nice and simple for testing purposes:
Create a task that runs once every 10 minutes and that
invokes the batch file c:\TSTest.bat. Here is what's in
c:\TSTest.bat:

@echo off
echo %date% %time% %UserName% >> c:\TSTest.txt

Questions:
- Do you get any entries in c:\TSTest.txt?
- Are any entries missing? Which ones?
- Does your own scheduled task work or fail when
the test task works?
- What does the Task Scheduler log file report?