Does SP2 fix Task Scheduler problems?

[AK]

Like several others who've posted to the Microsoft groups, I have a none
functioning Task Scheduler, despite many efforts to fix it.

Has anyone who had TS problems found that SP2 fixes them?

Alan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Like several others who've posted to the Microsoft groups, I have a none
functioning Task Scheduler, despite many efforts to fix it.

Has anyone who had TS problems found that SP2 fixes them?

Alan

What exactly do you mean with "non-functioning Task Scheduler"?
In the vast majority of all cases, Task Scheduler problems are
caused by insufficient understanding of its principles.

 

[AK]

Well, well ... your question has triggered progress of a sort!!

This problem is on a P3 running Win XP HE, which has been upgraded from Win
98 -> Win ME -> Win Xp HE. Sp1 is installed, and all patches, updates etc.
are loaded.

Previously, when I tried to run a task, I received an error message:

General page initialization failed
The specific error is:
0xc000003a: (Unable to find and error message)

Several hours and e-mails with Microsoft helpdesk and playing with Kelly's
Tweaks etc. did not help.
This has nothing to do with user passwords.

I recently downloaded the .NET update, and when I went to check the Task
Scheduler problem, have a new and much more meaningful message has popped
up:

General page initialization failed
The specific error is:
0x80041315: The Task Scheduler Service is not running.

When I went to check the status in "Computer Management/Services", and tried
to turn TS on, I got a pop that says:

Could not start the Task Scheduler Service on local computer.
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

The file that is missing is

C:\WINDOWS\System32\Mstask.exe

When I checked the registry against another computer i have running XP Pro,
it turns out that the file (and switches) Task Scheduler accesses there is
svchost.exe -k netsvcs.

When I edited the registry key on the problem computer to access this file,
the 0xc000003a problem popped up again.

So:

Is there anyway to get a copy of mstask.exe and try that? I can't find a
copy of it on my computer. I rather suspect this has some legacy
relationship to all the old OS's and IE upgrades, as when I search the MSOFT
KB for mstask.exe, it seems that the references relate to the old OS's and
IE 5 upgrades.

Rgds

Alan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Well, well ... your question has triggered progress of a sort!!

This problem is on a P3 running Win XP HE, which has been upgraded from Win
98 -> Win ME -> Win Xp HE. Sp1 is installed, and all patches, updates etc.
are loaded.

Previously, when I tried to run a task, I received an error message:

General page initialization failed
The specific error is:
0xc000003a: (Unable to find and error message)

Several hours and e-mails with Microsoft helpdesk and playing with Kelly's
Tweaks etc. did not help.
This has nothing to do with user passwords.

I recently downloaded the .NET update, and when I went to check the Task
Scheduler problem, have a new and much more meaningful message has popped
up:

General page initialization failed
The specific error is:
0x80041315: The Task Scheduler Service is not running.

When I went to check the status in "Computer Management/Services", and tried
to turn TS on, I got a pop that says:

Could not start the Task Scheduler Service on local computer.
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

The file that is missing is

C:\WINDOWS\System32\Mstask.exe

When I checked the registry against another computer i have running XP Pro,
it turns out that the file (and switches) Task Scheduler accesses there is
svchost.exe -k netsvcs.

When I edited the registry key on the problem computer to access this file,
the 0xc000003a problem popped up again.

So:

Is there anyway to get a copy of mstask.exe and try that? I can't find a
copy of it on my computer. I rather suspect this has some legacy
relationship to all the old OS's and IE upgrades, as when I search the MSOFT
KB for mstask.exe, it seems that the references relate to the old OS's and
IE 5 upgrades.

Rgds

Alan

Since the Task Scheduler is bundled with IE6, I expect that mstask.exe
gets installed together with IE6.

You write that your system started its life as Win98, was upgraded to
WinME, then upgraded to WinXP. I would be quite apprehensive about
such a system. Even without upgrades, operating systems acquire a
number of scars over time that require a reload. Both Win98 and WinME
are home-type OSs, with no claim to stability or robustness. They should
be treated with caution. Upgrading from them to a WinNT-based system
involves so many compromises that the result is often flawed.

If this was my machine then I would save all data, then reload WinXP
from scratch. Doing so would solve all of your problems. Installing SP2
is unlikely to do so.

 

[AK]

I am sure you are right about the upgrade path, but my XP HE is the upgrade
version.

Nevertheless, perhaps the best thing save my data and follow the upgrade
path from a clean hard drive.

Before I go to that extreme, is there anyway to reload IE 6.0 by itself,
without reloading Win XP?

Alan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Simply download IE6 from the MS site, then install it.

I am sure you are right about the upgrade path, but my XP HE is the upgrade
version.

Nevertheless, perhaps the best thing save my data and follow the upgrade
path from a clean hard drive.

Before I go to that extreme, is there anyway to reload IE 6.0 by itself,
without reloading Win XP?

Alan

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[AK]

Duh - why didn't I think of that!!

Thanks!!

Alan

Simply download IE6 from the MS site, then install it.

 

[robertrhdo]

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Robertrhdo

 

[robertrhdo]

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