RE: Scheduled Reboot

From: Mike Journey (imrj@airborne.com)
Date: 01/20/03 

From: "Mike Journey" <imrj@airborne.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:54:01 -0800

Thanks Jack.

The workaround is this:

I downloaded a third party Shutdown.exe.

I created a batch file with an AT job to run shutdown -
r. I then use Task Scheduler to schedule the batch job
to run at the appropriate time. (An AT job by itself
isn't the best option because as soon as you open Task
Scheduler, any AT jobs get converted to scheduled tasks
and the problem comes back...)

There is a permissions(?) issue with Task Scheduler
running Shutdown.exe. I've tried many different RunAs
users (administrator, system, etc...) and shutdown.exe
will not run, with no user logged on, via Scheduled
Tasks. The AT command doesn't have this problem and runs
the third party shutdown.exe correctly with no one logged
on.

In all cases, the standard WinXP Pro shutdown.exe will
not execute when no one is logged on.

Mike J.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mike,
>
>I am currently trying to reproduce the issue now. Also,
I suggest you just schedule the
>C:\Windows\System32\shutdown -r command and check if it
works.
>
>Have a nice day!
>
>Sincerely,
>Jack Wang
>Microsoft Online Support Professional
>
>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
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>| Jack,
>|
>| Thanks for the reply. Yes, it works fine when a user
is
>| logged on. The concern is when the user ISN'T logged
on.
>|
>| You can easily reproduce this by putting "shutdown -r -
t
>| 00" in a .CMD file and set task scheduler to run
the .CMD
>| file while you are logged off. We're running the task
as
>| the local administrator. The task will fail when no
one
>| is logged on, but work correctly when someone is
logged
>| on. If you pipe the output of the shutdown command to
a
>| file, the error result is "The device is not ready".
>|
>| There are no entries in any event log (app, sys, or
>| security) that correspond to the problem.
>|
>| Mike J.
>|
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >Hi Mike,
>| >
>| >Does it work when the user logs on to the Windows XP
>| computer? You may check if it
>| >works in Safe Mode.
>| >
>| >315222 A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in
>| Windows XP
>| >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315222
>| >
>| >Also, Please attach the event log to me.
>| >
>| >Step 1: Click Start, click Run, and then
type "eventvwr"
>| (without the quotation marks),
>| >click OK.
>| >
>| >Step 2: Right-click Application and select Save Log
File
>| As.
>| >
>| >Step 3: Save it Application.evt.
>| >
>| >Step 4: Repeat step 1 to 3 to save the Security and
>| System event to Security.evt and
>| >System.evt.
>| >
>| >Step 5: Delete all the Application, Security and
System
>| log in the Event Viewer.
>| >
>| >Step 6: Restart the computer. When the issue occurs,
>| save the new Application,
>| >Security and System log to three new files and send
them
>| to me.
>| >
>| >Have a nice day!
>| >
>| >Sincerely,
>| >Jack Wang
>| >Microsoft Online Support Professional
>| >
>| >Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>| >|
>| >| On Win2K it's possible to set up a scheduled
nightly
>| >| reboot using task scheduler and the SHUTDOWN
command
>| in
>| >| a .CMD file. The reboot occurs on time regardless
if
>| a
>| >| user is logged on at the time.
>| >|
>| >| However, on XP, the SHUTDOWN command fails with
a "The
>| >| device is not ready" error message IF a user is not
>| >| logged on. (i.e. The computer is at the Ctrl-Alt-
Del
>| to
>| >| log on window).
>| >|
>| >| I need to find a way around this. I have several
>| hundred
>| >| remote computers that I would like to have reboot
>| >| nightly. Sometimes there isn't a user logged on and
>| >| the "shutdown -r" command fails.
>| >|
>| >| Any ideas?
>| >|
>| >| Thanks,
>| >|
>| >| Mike Journey
>| >| Systems Admin
>| >| Airborne Express
>| >|
>| >|
>| >
>| >
>| >.
>| >
>|
>
>
>.
>

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