Guest Bo Berglund Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I have a W2003 server that has a task set up to run every 10 minutes. This has worked well for a couple of years. But recently (about Dec 21st, 2007) it stopped working. When I open the scheduled task's properties I am greeted with a message box with the following contents: "General page initialization failed. The specific error is: 0x80090016: Keyset does not exist An error has occurred attempting to retrieve task account information. You may continue editing the task object, but will be unable to change the task account information." The W2003 server is a secondary domain controller on our network and I am a domain admin, so permissions should not be a problem. If I try to create a new task to take over from the failing one I get the same window when I try to save it at the end... What is going on here? Restarting the server does not help. Bo Berglund
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Re: Task scheduler error in W2003 "Bo Berglund" <boberglund@home.se> wrote in message news:8davp3d4l2ujfi2br52cunj54ddkdv6fgc@4ax.com... >I have a W2003 server that has a task set up to run every 10 minutes. > This has worked well for a couple of years. But recently (about Dec > 21st, 2007) it stopped working. > When I open the scheduled task's properties I am greeted with a > message box with the following contents: > > "General page initialization failed. > The specific error is: > 0x80090016: Keyset does not exist > An error has occurred attempting to retrieve task account information. > You may continue editing the task object, but will be unable to change > the task account information." > > The W2003 server is a secondary domain controller on our network and I > am a domain admin, so permissions should not be a problem. > > If I try to create a new task to take over from the failing one I get > the same window when I try to save it at the end... > > What is going on here? Restarting the server does not help. > > > Bo Berglund Google is a wonderful tool. Looking for your error message got me this link straight away: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246865
Guest Dave Patrick Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Re: Task scheduler error in W2003 Make sure the Task Scheduler service is set to logon with the Local System Account and Allow Service to Interact with Desktop Also this article may help. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246183 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Bo Berglund" wrote: >I have a W2003 server that has a task set up to run every 10 minutes. > This has worked well for a couple of years. But recently (about Dec > 21st, 2007) it stopped working. > When I open the scheduled task's properties I am greeted with a > message box with the following contents: > > "General page initialization failed. > The specific error is: > 0x80090016: Keyset does not exist > An error has occurred attempting to retrieve task account information. > You may continue editing the task object, but will be unable to change > the task account information." > > The W2003 server is a secondary domain controller on our network and I > am a domain admin, so permissions should not be a problem. > > If I try to create a new task to take over from the failing one I get > the same window when I try to save it at the end... > > What is going on here? Restarting the server does not help. > > > Bo Berglund
Guest Bo Berglund Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Re: Task scheduler error in W2003 On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:51:29 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote: > >"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@home.se> wrote in message >news:8davp3d4l2ujfi2br52cunj54ddkdv6fgc@4ax.com... >>I have a W2003 server that has a task set up to run every 10 minutes. >> This has worked well for a couple of years. But recently (about Dec >> 21st, 2007) it stopped working. >> When I open the scheduled task's properties I am greeted with a >> message box with the following contents: >> >> "General page initialization failed. >> The specific error is: >> 0x80090016: Keyset does not exist >> An error has occurred attempting to retrieve task account information. >> You may continue editing the task object, but will be unable to change >> the task account information." >> >> The W2003 server is a secondary domain controller on our network and I >> am a domain admin, so permissions should not be a problem. >> >> If I try to create a new task to take over from the failing one I get >> the same window when I try to save it at the end... >> >> What is going on here? Restarting the server does not help. >> >> >> Bo Berglund > >Google is a wonderful tool. Looking for your error message >got me this link straight away: >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246865 > Well, Internet Explorer 5 is not really a problem... The article says: "Note that this problem occurs only when you install Internet Explorer 5 on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer with 128-bit encryption, on which Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 was installed with the Task Scheduler add-on." 1) This is a Windows 2003 Server and not NT4 2) IE has never been version 5 or below, W2003 comes with IE6 I don't think that this article applies... Bo Berglund
Guest Bo Berglund Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Re: Task scheduler error in W2003 On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:03:00 -0700, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote: >Make sure the Task Scheduler service is set to logon with the Local System >Account and Allow Service to Interact with Desktop > >Also this article may help. >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246183 Thanks, I used the last part of the instructions in this article and stopped the Crypto service, deleted the folder and started the Crypto service again. This solved the problem! :-) Bo Berglund
Guest Dave Patrick Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Re: Task scheduler error in W2003 Good to hear. You're welcome. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Bo Berglund" wrote: > Thanks, > I used the last part of the instructions in this article and stopped > the Crypto service, deleted the folder and started the Crypto service > again. > This solved the problem! :-) > > > Bo Berglund
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