"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> wrote in message
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>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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>> > "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?
>> >
>> >
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>> 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
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>> 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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> 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?
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>

Thanks for your input Pegasus.
Have tracked the problem down.
Your test file worked fine, UNTIL the Monitor was switched OFF. I had
screensaver set to Blank after 10 minutes and Monitor set to Switch Off
after 40 minutes. The Task Scheduler worked fine until the Monitor switch
off.
Did a System Restore and everything is now OK.
Thanks anyway.

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