Scheduled maintenance tasks

[Guest]

I've been using XP only about a month and shortly after set up I scheduled
Disk Clean and Virus Scan for weekly maintenance, as I did on old cvomputer
with 98SE. I discovered a week or so ago, the tasks have never started and
the a message "could not start" appears. What's going on? PS I just learned
from the news group how to schedule defrag, which was not an option like on
98SE. Thanks!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm and scroll down to:
"Scheduled Tasks - Applying/Running tasks without a password­"

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]

HOW TO: Troubleshoot Scheduled Tasks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308558

HOW TO: Schedule Tasks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308569

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I've been using XP only about a month and shortly after set up I scheduled
| Disk Clean and Virus Scan for weekly maintenance, as I did on old cvomputer
| with 98SE. I discovered a week or so ago, the tasks have never started and
| the a message "could not start" appears. What's going on? PS I just learned
| from the news group how to schedule defrag, which was not an option like on
| 98SE. Thanks!
| --
| Joe C.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Joe,

Task Scheduler Does Not Run Tasks When "Run As" User Account Has No Password
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311119

Troubleshoot Scheduled Tasks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308558

This log file for Scheduled Tasks is stored in the Windows folder, where it
is used to record the activity of scheduled tasks. You can use the log file
to determine why a task might have stopped, or to check on the status of a
task.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/.../home/using/productdoc/en/ts_troubleshoot.asp