I hope you are OK with hacking your registry. there are two ways that you
can (try to) fix your problem:
Open your registry,
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule
Find the REG_DWORD called Start
Modify the setting and change it to 2. In your case I Believe it should
already be set to 3
Find the REG_DWORD called Type
If it does not say 20 (hex) 32 (dec) then change it.
Close the registry, and reboot and see if it works
-or-
Copy the content between the ">>" and the "<<" Put it in a text file and
save as a .reg or change the extension to .reg
Merge the resulting file into the registry by double clicking or right
click menu
Start Copy>>
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule]
"Start"=dword:00000002
"Type"=dword:00000020
<<End Copy
Hope this works
Gerd said:
I just logged on as the Administrator and tried the SC config command but
even now I get an access denied error message.
Gerd said:
This does not work on my system.
The console windows shows Administrator: Command Promt.
Using "sc start schedule" starts the service all right but when I try to
use "sc stop schedule" I get an access denied error message.
Also, when I try to use "sc config schedule start= auto" I get an access
denied error message.
I verified that the logon user id belongs to the Administrator group.
Actually I am the only user on the PC and when loading Vista I had setup
myself as the Admin on the system.
On my system all of the fields are grayed out as well, but mine is set
to automatic. To solve your problem, you can try this:
Open an elevated (administrator) Command Prompt (type "CMD" (without
the quotes) at the start menu search)
Right click on the result in the menu and choose "Run as Administrator"
Choose continue at the UAC prompt
In the console window type "SC Comfit schedule start= auto" (again,
without the quotes)
It will tell you something such as "[SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS"
The service should change to automatic, and persist through reboots
On a Vista Business system I wanted to schedule my first task. Going
into the Task Scheduler I get a message that the Task Scheduler
Service is not started.
Going into the services I start the Task Scheduler service witout a
problem (which by the way is set to Manual). Checking the properties
to change it to Automatic shows all options greyed out, thus, I can't
change anything on any of the tabs.
On the Logon tab the Logon as defaults to the Local System account but
all fields are greyed out. Same on the Recovery tab.
What do I have to change (and where) to have the Task Scheduler
service start automatically whenever I start Vista?
