Task Scheduler fails to start

[Geoff]

I'm getting the following error in my event log:

event id: 7023
source: Service Control Manager
The Task Scheduler service terminated with the following
error: The parameter is incorrect.

My SchedLgU.txt file contains:

4.71.2195.6920"Task Scheduler Service" 7/15/2004 8:10:45
AM ** Error **
A failure occurred during service initialization.
The specific error is:
0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect.

This occured after I moved the system behind a firewall,
which required setting a range of ports to be used for
dynamic RPC.

I've found very few articles in th KB referencing this
error; none specific to the task scheduler.

I applied the same changes to another similarly-
configured box without any problems.

Thanks for any guidance.

--Geoff, gcd at uvm dot edu

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I'm getting the following error in my event log:

event id: 7023
source: Service Control Manager
The Task Scheduler service terminated with the following
error: The parameter is incorrect.

My SchedLgU.txt file contains:

4.71.2195.6920"Task Scheduler Service" 7/15/2004 8:10:45
AM ** Error **
A failure occurred during service initialization.
The specific error is:
0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect.

This occured after I moved the system behind a firewall,
which required setting a range of ports to be used for
dynamic RPC.

I've found very few articles in th KB referencing this
error; none specific to the task scheduler.

I applied the same changes to another similarly-
configured box without any problems.

Thanks for any guidance.

--Geoff, gcd at uvm dot edu

Are you attempting to use the system account?
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=223375

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[remove]

Hi, Jerold. Thanks for responding.

I'm using the "Local System account", with the "allow service to
interact with desktop." This setting is the default, and I didn't change it.

I've created all the jobs using the task scheduler interface. I thought
that perhaps one of the job files got corrupted, so I moved them all to
a different folder and tried restarting the service; still got the same
error.

Any other suggestions?

--Geoff

 

[remove]

One other note; I also applied several recent Hotfixes, including:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-022.mspx
Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Code Execution (841873)
Issued: July 13, 2004

I could rip it out and see if that makes a difference.

--Geoff

 

[Geoff Duke]

Hi, Jerold. Thanks for responding.

I'm using the "Local System account", with the "allow service to
interact with desktop." This setting is the default, and I didn't change it.

I've created all the jobs using the task scheduler interface. I thought
that perhaps one of the job files got corrupted, so I moved them all to
a different folder and tried restarting the service; still got the same
error.

One other note; I also applied several recent Hotfixes, including:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-022.mspx
Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Code Execution (841873)
Issued: July 13, 2004

I could rip it out and see if that makes a difference.

Any other suggestions?

--Geoff

 

[Robin]

The Hotfix 841873 stopped many peoples scheduled tasks from running.
SP2 for XP fixes this problem. NOt sure what to do with Win2k

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

The Hotfix 841873 stopped many peoples scheduled tasks from running.
SP2 for XP fixes this problem. NOt sure what to do with Win2k

Hi

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