Comments on: Win XP task scheduler supposedly not running

By: silverstrand

silverstrand — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:08:33 +0000

seems like that was just a temporary solution… i got the problem going on again. this time i tried another thing….

in the same Advanced tab : uncheck “Notify me about missed tasks”

i dunno if it works but supposedly, it should !

Cheers,
SilverStrand

By: silverstrand

silverstrand — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:44:19 +0000

I had the same problem as the questioner… i tried this and it got resolved

go to task scheduler from accessories > system tools… in the taskbar

Click advanced and select “view hidden tasks”

delete all of them as theyre unnecessary (unless if u can say that they are not)

reboot.

SilverStrand

By: enterprisedesktopate

enterprisedesktopate — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:56:21 +0000

For more on the Windows Task Schedule, this article from SearchEnterpriseDesktop could help answer some more questions.

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By: orionizer

orionizer — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:04:43 +0000

One last thought – do you have any kind of maintenance for any program(s) running at the same time? Some program maintenance modes will disable the Task Scheduler…

By: bobkberg

bobkberg — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:18:10 +0000

Thanks to all who’ve provided feedback. Here’s the current status.

1) There are no entries in the Event Logs that jumped out at me originally, but I’ve since found several relating to “ESENT” database starting and stopping things.

2) I’ve disabled the “Human Interface Access” manager, and made sure the Task Scheduler is set to Automatic.

3) From separate research, I’ve learned that the user must have a password – an “empty” password will also cause this problem, so that’s fixed now also.

4) Even though these things have been done, the tasks are still not running, but I’m not getting the popup.

5) When looking at the Event Viewer, the messages take me to a page at Microsoft which I don’t yet understand.

6) SOME programs now appear to be running, thanks to the above fixes. So, I’m considering the matter closed.

Thanks again – all who responded.

Bob

By: poppaman

poppaman — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:18:51 +0000

Further to Ian’s note:

make sure that the scheduler service is set to “Automatic” not manual…

By: ilarge

ilarge — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:17:00 +0000

We’ve had a similar problem with XP machines. Our solution:

Stop the Task Scheduler service
Stop and disable the Human Interface Device service
Start the Tash Scheduler.

It should then work correctly.

If the machine is NT you need to have better than IE5 and you must have the Offline Browsing Pack option installed.

HTH

Ian