Scheduled Task Not Working

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:smileyhappy:I have Windows XP, nothing I schedule in my 'scheduled task'....works at the time I schedule it to.  I have my Nortons Anti Virus and Disk Cleanup listed in my tasks. I've deleted and added them , but when I add, I get an error message....something about 'access denied'.......any ideas how I can get my tasks to do what I want them to do, when I want them????............thanks!     Christine @ )--;-----

chantillylace14 · Answer

dunedin,

i did the steps you posted. but it still will not run the task I schedule. when I schedule a task, a window pops up with a username, and 2 places for me to enter a password, I do that, but then I get this ---> an error has occured while attempting to set task account information the specific error is 0x80070005:access is denied, you don't have permission to perform requested operation.<------:smileyindifferent:

Message Edited by chantillylace14 on 10-29-2004 09:00 PM

dunedin · Answer

Try this
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Services, click the Task Scheduler service, and then click Restart the service. Wait for the Service Control progress indicator to close.
4. Close the Services window.

Then reboot

chantillylace14 · Answer

msil217 yes, I am the administrator

msil217 · Answer

The following link is all I was able to find on the subject.

Link

P.S. Are you using the AT command, or using Windows Task scheduler? If using the AT command, try using Windows Task scheduler instead. Wish I knew more.

Message Edited by msil217 on 10-29-2004 08:45 PM

dunedin · Answer

This is a fix for the problem with SP2 but you can only use it if you have XP Pro

To work around this problem, add the "Access this computer from the network" permission to the user account that will run the scheduled task. To do this for the local computer policy, follow these steps:

1.Click Start, click Run, type Gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
2.Expand the following items in the Local Computer Policy list:
Computer Configuration
Windows Settings
Security Settings
Local Policies
3.Click User Rights Assignment.
4.Double-click Access this computer from the network, click Add User or Group, click Browse, and then add the user name or the group name that you want.
5.Click OK two times.
6.Click File, and then click Exit to quit the Group Policy editor.

chantillylace14 · Answer

Windows Task scheduler   I've had this computer for almost 2 years, it worked properly at one time. It's very frustrating. I like my computer scanned daily, but I don't always think or want to do it, weeks will go by before I think to do it......uhg!!!......lol

msil217 · Answer

chantillylace14 wrote:

what is sp2?...... this is what I have -->

Dimension 4550
Service Tag BF37D21 Express Service Code Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Processor Speed 2.34 GHz Memory (RAM) 512 MB Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Operating System Version 5.1.2600

Are you the administrator? If you are a limited user, that might be why you cannot schedule a task.

P.S. Home edition does not have a group policy editor.

Message Edited by msil217 on 10-29-2004 08:27 PM

chantillylace14 · Answer

what is sp2?...... this is what I have -->

Dimension 4550

Service Tag BF37D21 Express Service Code Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Processor Speed 2.34 GHz Memory (RAM) 512 MB Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Operating System Version 5.1.2600

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Scheduled Task Not Working

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