Microsoft server 2003 scheduled tasks

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I'm having trouble running scheduled tasks on a Windows Server R2 server. Searching the responses in the forum provided some insights, but nothing that fixed the problem. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Thursday, December 29, PM. Evans 0. Click Computer Management. Expand Services and Applications , and then click Services. Right-click the Task Scheduler service, and then click Properties.

On the General tab, make sure that the startup type is set to automatic, and that the service status is Started. If the service is not running, click Start. On the Log On tab, make sure that the local system account is selected, and that the Allow service to interact with desktop check box has a check mark.

Click OK , and then quit Computer Management. Once that is complete, restart and try again! Martin If you find my information useful, please rate it. Proposed as answer by Martin G. Evans Thursday, December 29, PM. Thanks for the response, Martin. Scheduled tasks maintains a log file Schedlgu.

The log file size is 32 kilobytes KB , and when the file reaches its maximum size, it automatically starts to record new information at the beginning of the log file and writes over the old log file information. The Task Scheduler service must be running and properly configured to run tasks.

If you had stopped scheduled tasks manually from the Scheduled Tasks window, the service stops and does not initialize the next time you start the computer. If the service is not configured to log on as the local system account, it may not start. To check the settings for the service:. On the General tab, make sure that the startup type is set to automatic, and that the service status is Started.

If the service is not running, click Start. On the Log On tab, make sure that the local system account is selected, and that the Allow service to interact with desktop check box has a check mark.

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