Scheduled tasks not running

[Guest]

Hello Forum,
I've been having trouble with the auto update feature of my McAfee Security
Center, and noticed that my scheduled tasks are not running. The log shows
the following error.
"McAfee.com Update Check (D2QJTW31-Administrator).job" (mcupdate.exe)
10/6/2004 7:58:00 PM ** ERROR **
The attempt to retrieve account information for the specified task failed;
therefore, the task did not run. Either an error occurred, or no account
information existed for the task.
The specific error is:
0x8004130f: No account information could be found in the Task Scheduler
security database for the task indicated.
I really don't know what this means., but I'm sure one of you does.
I can say that I am the only user account on the computer, and that I have,
of course, and adminstrator account, which does have a password. The "set
password" button is not available on any of the McAfee scheduled task
property boxes.
The task scheduler properties (via My Computer>Administrative tools>Computer
Management>Services and Applications>Services>Task Scheduler) seem correct
(automatic start up, service status is started, serive is allowed to interact
with desktop).
Thanks for your help!

 

[Guest]

I don't know how to edit my post to add new info, so here it is in a new
message. (Can I edit posts?)
Anyway - I set things so that I would be notified of missed tasks. When I
turn my computer on, I get a message that tasks were missed because task
scheduler service was not running. But, as stated in previous post, when I
check via computer management, it says it IS started, and set for auto start
up.
????

 

[Albert Kramer]

Hi,
You mention that this occurs when you switch on your computer. The
computer has to actually be running for scheduled tasks to occur. They
won't occur if the computer is switched off. That's why you get the message
that the tasks were missed.

cheers

 

[Guest]

Ah yes, of course. But doesn't explain all the error msgs in the log (that
occur while computer is on!)
Thanks.

 

[Albert Kramer]

Are you talking about error messages in the events viewer log?

 

[Guest]

It's the text document called SchedLgU.txt that pops up when I follow this
route:
Control Panel>Scheduled Tasks icon>Advanced Menu>View Log

I did find something else out... I read that this was a problem in SP1. I
have SP2, which is supposed to fix the problem. I thought that perhaps the
problem is fixed, but not for those tasks created before SP2, maybe only for
those tasks created after SP2. So - I configured McAfee NOT to update
automatically, deleted the tasks in scheduled task window, then reconfigured
McAfee to update automatically again, and it created a new task.
It seems to work - sort of.

The log has no more error messages - it shows the task as having been run
"task completed with exit code of (0)."

BUT When I looked at the detailed view in scheduled tasks window, it says
under last run time "never." Not true, since it HAS run.

AND It seems to run every few hours instead of the every 5 minutes it is
supposed to run. (according to the log) eg - the log says it ran last at
11:12am today and the detail view of the scheduled tasks window shows next
run time at 3:57 pm today. Clearly this is not every 5 minutes.

Thoughts, anyone?