"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
news:eiFfGnsRHHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:eNXfNKsRHHA.1016@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
>> news:eXV%23BuZRHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> wrote in message
>> > news:%23TrUgjXRHHA.496@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23F8q6VERHHA.4756@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> >
>> >> > "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@virgin.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ep653NERHHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> 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!!!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Paul Woodsford
>> >> >> Remove NOSPAM to reply.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > 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.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Paul Woodsford
>> >> Remove NOSPAM to reply.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > 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.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Woodsford
>> Remove NOSPAM to reply.
>>
>
> 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 . . .
>
>


Not really. My tasks would run manually but not automatically once a day
starting in the early hours.
Your task ran manually and automatically every 10 minutes without fail. My
tasks would still not run automatically alongside yours. It would seem that
a new task would run but Not an old one. And before you ask I did delete my
tasks and recreate them they still wouldn't run automatically. Then I did
the System Restore.

--
Paul Woodsford
Remove NOSPAM to reply.