Guest MoonStar Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 I've been reading the questions and answers regarding task manager problems and none address the issue I am facing. My tasks no longer run. I have scheduled tasks that are still showing up in task manager and their respective programsl however, none run when scheduled. Even my video taping schedules or my computer's television program will not run when programmed. All was working fine until a few weeks ago when an automatic update of Windows ran. Then suddenly none of my scheduled tasks would run. I can find no reason for this and I don't know what update caused this. Any ideas?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: tasks stopped running "MoonStar" <MoonStar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B29A564D-6A4D-4F14-84E1-C60D8F63BD00@microsoft.com... > I've been reading the questions and answers regarding task manager > problems > and none address the issue I am facing. My tasks no longer run. I have > scheduled tasks that are still showing up in task manager and their > respective programsl however, none run when scheduled. Even my video > taping > schedules or my computer's television program will not run when > programmed. > > All was working fine until a few weeks ago when an automatic update of > Windows ran. Then suddenly none of my scheduled tasks would run. I can > find > no reason for this and I don't know what update caused this. > > Any ideas? - What makes you think that your tasks no longer run? - What exactly is the command line in the Task Scheduler (or the batch file behind the command line)? - What does the Task Scheduler log file report?
Guest MoonStar Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: tasks stopped running What makes me think the tasks are not running? I guess the fact that they are not. I don't know how to check these other things you've asked about. This is what I can tell you. I have programs I use all the time to tape programs, run routine maintenance, and perform other tasks. None have run in weeks. They were all running fine and as scheduled prior to an automatic update that windows did. All task functions were programmed into the respective programs to run at certain times. The taping of shows varies depending on what I need to tape. I set that through the software I use. Any task of this nature that I set up, no matter what software I use, has always shown up in the task manager. They are all still there. However, when the time comes for a program to tape or a feature to run according to what I have set, nothing happens. Never had any problems before that update and don't know what updated exactly that caused this. Every software I use still has the times programmed in and shows the tasks as being on schedule but never having run. For example, my WinTV Scheduler still shows the programs I have set to tape, but they never tape anymore. I scheduled Norton to run a routine maintenance on Friday nights and it did every Friday until a few weeks ago. It runs nothing now unless I go in and start it manually. This is really irritating because I do not know what has caused these things to stop running. I don't know what to look at to find out. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "MoonStar" <MoonStar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B29A564D-6A4D-4F14-84E1-C60D8F63BD00@microsoft.com... > > I've been reading the questions and answers regarding task manager > > problems > > and none address the issue I am facing. My tasks no longer run. I have > > scheduled tasks that are still showing up in task manager and their > > respective programsl however, none run when scheduled. Even my video > > taping > > schedules or my computer's television program will not run when > > programmed. > > > > All was working fine until a few weeks ago when an automatic update of > > Windows ran. Then suddenly none of my scheduled tasks would run. I can > > find > > no reason for this and I don't know what update caused this. > > > > Any ideas? > > - What makes you think that your tasks no longer run? > - What exactly is the command line in the Task Scheduler > (or the batch file behind the command line)? > - What does the Task Scheduler log file report? > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: tasks stopped running I asked you what made you think that the tasks were not running. You replied that you are not getting the expected results. That's fine but there are at least two other possibilities: - The tasks might be running but they might bomb out for some reason. - The tasks might hang before they finish their job. The Task Scheduler log file will give you some clues. It is accessible under Advanced in the Task Scheduler screen. The Command Line for each task becomes visible in the Run field when you double-click a task. In the same screen you see the account used to run the task. It is essential that the password you enter is correct for this account. An easy way to test scheduled tasks goes like this: - Put these lines into c:\Windows\Test.bat: @echo off echo %date% %time% %UserName% >> c:\test.txt - Schedule c:\Windows\Test.bat via the Task Scheduler. - Check the contents of c:\test.txt after the test task is supposed to have run. What's inside? "MoonStar" <MoonStar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2068871D-84B5-47AF-B9C7-2FA732369758@microsoft.com... > What makes me think the tasks are not running? I guess the fact that they > are > not. I don't know how to check these other things you've asked about. This > is > what I can tell you. I have programs I use all the time to tape programs, > run > routine maintenance, and perform other tasks. None have run in weeks. They > were all running fine and as scheduled prior to an automatic update that > windows did. All task functions were programmed into the respective > programs > to run at certain times. The taping of shows varies depending on what I > need > to tape. I set that through the software I use. > > Any task of this nature that I set up, no matter what software I use, has > always shown up in the task manager. They are all still there. However, > when > the time comes for a program to tape or a feature to run according to what > I > have set, nothing happens. Never had any problems before that update and > don't know what updated exactly that caused this. > > Every software I use still has the times programmed in and shows the tasks > as being on schedule but never having run. For example, my WinTV Scheduler > still shows the programs I have set to tape, but they never tape anymore. > I > scheduled Norton to run a routine maintenance on Friday nights and it did > every Friday until a few weeks ago. It runs nothing now unless I go in and > start it manually. > > This is really irritating because I do not know what has caused these > things to stop running. I don't know what to look at to find out. > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "MoonStar" <MoonStar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:B29A564D-6A4D-4F14-84E1-C60D8F63BD00@microsoft.com... >> > I've been reading the questions and answers regarding task manager >> > problems >> > and none address the issue I am facing. My tasks no longer run. I have >> > scheduled tasks that are still showing up in task manager and their >> > respective programsl however, none run when scheduled. Even my video >> > taping >> > schedules or my computer's television program will not run when >> > programmed. >> > >> > All was working fine until a few weeks ago when an automatic update of >> > Windows ran. Then suddenly none of my scheduled tasks would run. I can >> > find >> > no reason for this and I don't know what update caused this. >> > >> > Any ideas? >> >> - What makes you think that your tasks no longer run? >> - What exactly is the command line in the Task Scheduler >> (or the batch file behind the command line)? >> - What does the Task Scheduler log file report? >> >> >>
Guest GreenEnvy22@gmail.com Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: tasks stopped running On Aug 28, 1:22 pm, MoonStar <MoonS...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I've been reading the questions and answers regarding task manager problems > and none address the issue I am facing. My tasks no longer run. I have > scheduled tasks that are still showing up in task manager and their > respective programsl however, none run when scheduled. Even my video taping > schedules or my computer's television program will not run when programmed. > > All was working fine until a few weeks ago when an automatic update of > Windows ran. Then suddenly none of my scheduled tasks would run. I can find > no reason for this and I don't know what update caused this. > > Any ideas? We're were having the same issue at work. We have a server that runs several SQL processes on a schedule. The sql process runs a script on a shared drive. As of Aug 28th, no processes have run. They appear to run normally, the tasks shows as completing normally, however it never actually runs the process. If I copy/paste the commandline from the task to a dos prompt, it runs fine. If I tell a scheduled task to run now, it says running, then it looks like it completes, however the actual task was not performed. I did a test and created a new task that just opens windows calculator. I manually ran it, and nothing appeared on screen. I checked task manager, and I can see calc.exe in the list, but it's not visible. I had setup the task under the currently logged in user, so it should have appeared on screen. I then did another test, I made a bat file that deleted a text file, that won runs properly. This was being done by me using remote desktop to connect to the server. I found later the reason I was not seeing the tasks, was while I was logged into the server as the user the tasks ran as, the same account was also logged on as console, so the tasks were opening on that session. This led me to the actual problem. I logged off the RDP session and reconnected again as console. Here I found the issue. While my normal RDP session showed my mapped drive as connected, and I could browse it fine, the console session showed the drive as disconnected. I reconnected the network drive, and now my tasks run properly. I don't know if this helps you or not, but if you are using RDP, then RDP in as console (mstsc.exe /console -v:IPOFSERVER), or sit at the actual server, and make sure there are no other instances of your user logged into it (task manager, users tab). Try running it from there to see if you can find your problem, the tasks should at least show up now so you can track down the failure. My RDP (remote desktop) session was
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