Guest Dubious Dude Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 I am using Windows 2000 Professional, SP4. As a power user, I tried to add a scheduled task using the Scheduled Task Wizard. After the clicking Next on the 1st step, the Wizard hangs, and explorer.exe takes up 99% of the CPU. The only information I've found on the WWW and usenet is for Windows XP: 1) A general referral to generic troubleshooting for scheduled tasks. It doesn't seem to address the inability to create a scheduled task. http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-519894.php 2) A vague description of the problem at Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841846 The solution in (2) is related to hotfixes. Since Microsoft no longer supports Windows 2000, I don't expect any more hotfixes (correct me if I'm wrong). Hence, I need to understand the problem in detail, hope that the same cause applies to Windows 2000, and fix it myself. According to (2), the cause in XP is that I am logged in as a member of the local users group (not quite true, since the account a power user) and/or (not sure which!) the NTFS ACL permissions for the Users and Everyone groups have been removed for All Users' Start Menu. The article doesn't say *which* permissions. However, the permissions for All Users' Start Menu are as follows (best viewed in fixed width text): Everyone: Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read Power Users: Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read Users: Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read I'm not too keen on changing permissions, since they are set for a reason. As well, since I'm a power user, I'm not entirely sure that it is even the problem. Has anyone else run into this problem with Windows 2000 Pro SP4? How did you solve it? Or, has anyone successfully created a scheduled task in Windows 2000 Pro SP4 without encountering this problem? Thanks.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: Explorer hangs when adding scheduled task Yes, all the time with no problems. If you suspect permissions then try with an account that has local administrative rights. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Dubious Dude" wrote: <snip> > Or, has anyone successfully created a scheduled task in Windows 2000 > Pro SP4 without encountering this problem? > > Thanks.
Guest Dubious Dude Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Re: Explorer hangs when adding scheduled task Dave Patrick wrote: > Yes, all the time with no problems. If you suspect permissions then try with > an account that has local administrative rights. You were right. The administrator account can create scheduled tasks and run them as any user. I suppose you an administrator account to create your scheduled tasks?
Guest Dave Patrick Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Re: Explorer hangs when adding scheduled task This article may be of interest. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310208 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Dubious Dude" wrote: > You were right. The administrator account can create scheduled tasks and > run > them as any user. I suppose you an administrator account to create your > scheduled tasks?
Guest DubiousDude@gmail.com Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 Re: Explorer hangs when adding scheduled task On Mar 2, 11:33 am, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr...@nospam.gmail.com> wrote: > This article may be of interest. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310208 Wow, that's getting deeply into new territory. Thanks for the link, I can delve into the details at some time.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 Re: Explorer hangs when adding scheduled task You're welcome. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect <DubiousDude@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, that's getting deeply into new territory. Thanks for the link, I > can delve into the details at some time.
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