Task Scheduler Not Working in 2000 Server?

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I am trying to schedule automatic LiveUpdates for Symantec AntiVirus Corporate on a Windows 2000 server. The updates haven't been running. Found Symantec Knowledgebase Article #2001082115564506 which lists Task Scheduler not working as a possible cause. Document is hyperlinked to Symantec Knowledgebase Article # 2002040313434013 entitled "How to test Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler." Scheduled calc.exe (calculator) to run at startup and rebooted. Calculator did not appear. According to the document, Task Scheduler isn't working and I need to seek support from Microsoft. So how about it, guys? How can I fix this?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am trying to schedule automatic LiveUpdates for Symantec AntiVirus

Corporate on a Windows 2000 server. The updates haven't been running. Found
Symantec Knowledgebase Article #2001082115564506 which lists Task Scheduler
not working as a possible cause. Document is hyperlinked to Symantec
Knowledgebase Article # 2002040313434013 entitled "How to test Microsoft
Windows Task Scheduler." Scheduled calc.exe (calculator) to run at startup
and rebooted. Calculator did not appear. According to the document, Task
Scheduler isn't working and I need to seek support from Microsoft. So how
about it, guys? How can I fix this?

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You can't use calc.exe as a test for the Task Scheduler, because scheduled
tasks run in the background. Who will press the calculator buttons in the
background?

Create a batch file as below, schedule it to run at some suitable time, then
examine its log file. This will tell you if the Task Scheduler runs OK or
not.

@echo off
echo This task ran on %date% at %time%. The user was %UserName%. >>
c:\test.txt