Error 0x80070005 When Attempting to Start the Task Scheduler Service

[Phil Robyn]

Task Scheduler has been running fine for me for years. On September 9,
I deactivated two tasks in the Task Scheduler on a WinXP machine via
Remote Desktop, and didn't reconnect to that machine for two weeks.
On September 24 I went back to that machine to enable the two disabled
tasks, but couldn't because Task Scheduler wasn't running. I could
not start Task Scheduler because of Error 5 0x80070005 Access Denied.
'sc query "Task Scheduler"' says 'the specified service does not exist
as an installed service'.

Yes, I do have the appropriate permissions to start Task Scheduler;
yes, I am an administrator on this machine, etc., etc. And yes, the
systems support people have applied the latest Symantec Firewall,
service packs, and Microsoft Windows Updates. Anybody else had this
experience? Any insight into how to resolve this problem? Any help
or constructive suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

I'm having the same problem as Phil:
The new task has been created, but may not run because the account
information could not be set. 0x80070005: Access is denied. I've found
Microsoft Article ID:884573. I can not use the work around and I do not know
where to go to get the hotfix. Would someone please help us so we do not have
to get a third party software to do what we need scheduler for? (Or maybe
some good open source suggestions.)
Thanks,
Marvin F

I will continue viewing the newsgroup to see if I can find anything. If I do
I will certianly post it.

 

[Guest]

I found it:

"The error message you're getting is due to the fact that
you're trying to schedule a task to run under an account that
does not have a password. Take a look here for more info:

Scheduled Tasks cannot run with a blank password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715

There is a workaround. Scroll down to "Scheduled Tasks -
Applying/Running tasks without a password" on this web page:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm

Keep in mind that using this workaround weakens the security on
your system. Adding a password to your account is the correct
approach to solve this problem.

Good luck"---Nepatsfan
Later,
Marvin F

 

[Guest]

Marvin, thanks for the help. I have been having the same problem and with
your info I was able to set the schedule without getting an error.