task scheduler inconsistencies

[JohnS]

I have a scheduled task set up to start each morning (using Windows
2000 Professional). It has only actually started as scheduled a
couple times.

If I put in my username/password, select OK to store it, and then do a
right click over the task in the task scheduler window and select Run,
it works. Then when I check on whether it ran the next morning, it
hasn't run (most of the time). The log indicates 'logon failure- the
user does not have the requested logon type at this computer'.

Now if I right click and 'run' after it has failed, it fails again.
If I go in and re-enter my username/password and select OK, it runs
again.

I must be missing something. It seems as if something is happening
where it is losing my username/password. I'm trying to be sure to
re-enter the username/password if I have to stop the task while it's
running, but that doesn't seem to matter. The computer is not being
logged off or turned off at any time. It shouldn't be going into
hibernate mode. It might be going into standby mode sometimes, but it
does not require logging on get it going again. It's an older machine
(a laptop, actually), and perhaps it's getting a little flaky?

Maybe this is old news, but I didn't find a post about this type of
situation.

Thanks for any help!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a scheduled task set up to start each morning (using Windows
2000 Professional). It has only actually started as scheduled a
couple times.

If I put in my username/password, select OK to store it, and then do a
right click over the task in the task scheduler window and select Run,
it works. Then when I check on whether it ran the next morning, it
hasn't run (most of the time). The log indicates 'logon failure- the
user does not have the requested logon type at this computer'.

Now if I right click and 'run' after it has failed, it fails again.
If I go in and re-enter my username/password and select OK, it runs
again.

I must be missing something. It seems as if something is happening
where it is losing my username/password. I'm trying to be sure to
re-enter the username/password if I have to stop the task while it's
running, but that doesn't seem to matter. The computer is not being
logged off or turned off at any time. It shouldn't be going into
hibernate mode. It might be going into standby mode sometimes, but it
does not require logging on get it going again. It's an older machine
(a laptop, actually), and perhaps it's getting a little flaky?

Maybe this is old news, but I didn't find a post about this type of
situation.

Thanks for any help!

Running a scheduled task under your own account is
not a good idea. Create a special account, e.g. "schedule",
make sure that this account has appropriate access to
the network resources that the job might access, and
the job will most likely run without a hitch.