Re: Scheduled Tasks

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 10/30/04

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    Type in this modified line. It won't schedule any tasks but
    all will become perfectly obvious!

    for /L %h in (0,1,23) do for /L %m in (0,5,55) do echo %h:%m
    /every:m,t,w,th,f,s,su c:\tools\sometask.exe
    (unwrap line)

    "Howard Hartman" <postmaster@neteast.com> wrote in message
    news:%23Tt%23NndvEHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
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    > Can you please explain the numbers in the AT statement you provided? I
    > understand the syntax.
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
    > news:uwy7XNUvEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    > > There was a similar post in a different newsgroup a few days ago.
    > > The OP ultimately resolved his problem by using at.exe to
    > > schedule his jobs, instead of the Task Scheduler. It may be
    > > necessary to change the Service Account in order for such
    > > tasks to be able to access network resources - use the
    > > Advanced pull down menu in the Task Scheduler.
    > >
    > > To schedule a task to run every 10 minutes under at.exe:
    > >
    > > for /L %h in (0,1,23) do for /L %m in (0,5,55) do at %h:%m
    > > /every:m,t,w,th,f,s,su c:\tools\sometask.exe
    > >
    > > (unwrap line)
    > >
    > >
    > > "Howard Hartman" <postmaster@neteast.com> wrote in message
    > > news:e%23fm6LQvEHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
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    > >> Thanks for your reply.
    > >>
    > >> Yes, I did check that. If that was not set correctly, the task
    wouldn't
    > > run
    > >> at all.
    > >> This is a monitoring task that runs every 10 minutes around the clock.
    > >> It
    > >> has
    > >> worked fine for up to 6 hours, then fails. Once it fails, it does not
    > >> succeed again
    > >> until I intervene and reset the password.
    > >>
    > >> I've seen Microsoft Knowledge Base article 811155 which describes this
    > > event
    > >> log
    > >> error as it relates to starting service. It does not talk about
    > >> scheduled
    > >> tasks failing,
    > >> however I have a feeling the cause may be the same.
    > >>
    > >> Howard
    > >>
    > >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
    > >> news:Obx90mPvEHA.2536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
    > >> >
    > >> > "Howard Hartman" <postmaster@neteast.com> wrote in message
    > >> > news:%23heYtfPvEHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    > >> >>
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    > >> >> Hello.
    > >> >>
    > >> >> I have an unusual problem on three Windows 2000 servers.
    > >> >>
    > >> >> Each of these servers runs the same set of scheduled tasks which
    work
    > >> >> fine
    > >> >> for a few hours.
    > >> >> After a few hours, however, the scheduled tasks stop running and
    fail
    > >> >> with
    > >> >> "Could Not Start".
    > >> >>
    > >> >> The event log shows that the scheduled tasks are failing because
    "The
    > >> >> user
    > >> >> has not been granted the
    > >> >> requested logon type at this machine".
    > >> >>
    > >> >> I've tried removing the tasks completely and rebuilding them and
    that
    > > did
    > >> >> not solve the problem.
    > >> >>
    > >> >> Just resetting the password to what it currently is for the user in
    > >> >> the
    > >> >> scheduled task properties is
    > >> >> enough to get the task working again for a few hours.
    > >> >>
    > >> >> This server is Windows 2000 SP4.
    > >> >>
    > >> >> Does anyone have an idea of what to look at or how to fix this?
    > >> >>
    > >> >> Thanks.
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    > >> > Did you check if your policy allows the selected account
    > >> > to log in as a batch job?
    > >> >
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