"Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> > "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> 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?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> 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?
> >
> >
>
> 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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> Paul Woodsford
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Thanks for the feedback. I note that there appears to be no
relationship between the original question you asked and the
solution you found. You first wrote "Individual tasks fail to start
automatically" [i.e. when scheduled], yet later you wrote that
my test task worked fine. Some contradictions there . . .