Scheduled Tasks Won't Run

[JKanvik]

I can't get my scheduled tasks such as Norton Live Update, defragmentation,
etc. to run. To the best of my knowledge, I have followed the instructions
to the letter, including using a password for all instructions. Running XP
Home edition and I haven't downloaded SP2 yet. Suggestions?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

New features of the Scheduled Tasks Control Panel item that
are included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883605&Product=windowsxpsp2

--
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 can't get my scheduled tasks such as Norton Live Update, defragmentation,
| etc. to run. To the best of my knowledge, I have followed the instructions
| to the letter, including using a password for all instructions. Running XP
| Home edition and I haven't downloaded SP2 yet. Suggestions?

 

[Greg R]

New features of the Scheduled Tasks Control Panel item that
are included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883605&Product=windowsxpsp2

Here is the script from Kelly. Name it Sthome.vbs
Don't copy the = line

Greg R

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Option Explicit

Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, itemtype, Title

Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
p = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\"
p = p & "limitblankpassworduse"
itemtype = "REG_DWORD"
n = 0

WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype
Title = "Your Scheduled Tasks Can Now be Run without a Password." &
vbCR
Title = Title & "You may need to log off/log on" & vbCR
Title = Title & "For the change to take effect."
MyBox = MsgBox(Title,4096,"Finished")

 

[Alex Nichol]

I can't get my scheduled tasks such as Norton Live Update, defragmentation,
etc. to run. To the best of my knowledge, I have followed the instructions
to the letter, including using a password for all instructions. Running XP
Home edition and I haven't downloaded SP2 yet.

The password point is that you must be using an account for which you
give a password at Logon. No password there, no scheduled tasks. Kelly
has a fix for this at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 67, left, 'Run Scheduled tasks without PW - Home'