For some reason I cannot open Task Scheduler. When I try to open it says
"Task Scheduler service not running. Verify that the service is running." It
services.msc it says that it is "started". I would stop and restart it but
the options are greyed out. Get an error messenge where I try to stop it via
Task Manager services tab. Any ideas how to fix this?

Also, when I go into the MMC (mmc.exe) there are no things listed. I thought
I remember a couple days ago seeing tons of snap-in things here. What is
wrong!!!??


"James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
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> For some reason I cannot open Task Scheduler. When I try to open it says
> "Task Scheduler service not running. Verify that the service is running."
> It services.msc it says that it is "started". I would stop and restart it
> but the options are greyed out. Get an error messenge where I try to stop
> it via Task Manager services tab. Any ideas how to fix this?

Hi James,

If you are running mmc.exe you will need to add the snap-ins. Click on the
"File" menu and select "Add/Remove Snap-in". Task Scheduler is one of the
snap-in available.

To start the Task Scheduler service, type:

net start "task scheduler"

Note: you will need to run the cmd.exe under Administrator. UAC is on by
default in Vista.

I beleive the "MMC" you saw with all the snap-ins is the "Computer
Managment" snap-in. You can access this by executing: compmgmt.msc.

Thanks,
Jonathan
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"James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
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> Also, when I go into the MMC (mmc.exe) there are no things listed. I
> thought I remember a couple days ago seeing tons of snap-in things here.
> What is wrong!!!??
>
>
> "James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
> news:6233B01E-42CE-40C3-B7E0-810CAA505482@microsoft.com...
>> For some reason I cannot open Task Scheduler. When I try to open it says
>> "Task Scheduler service not running. Verify that the service is running."
>> It services.msc it says that it is "started". I would stop and restart it
>> but the options are greyed out. Get an error messenge where I try to stop
>> it via Task Manager services tab. Any ideas how to fix this?
>