Task scheduler wont work

[Guest]

I noticed the other day my Task Scheduler had stopped working. I have tried
everything suggested on this and other forums, but cannot get it to start
again. I get an error message "an error has occurred attempting to retrieve
account information" when setting up a new schedule.
If I go into Services and try to start scheduler there, I get "Could not
start task scheduler on local computer. Error 1717: The interface is unknown".
Coincidentally, I have just installed SP2, but that did not correct the
problem.
Thanks oin advance.

 

[Jon]

Are you trying to schedule a task using the "Admininstrator" account? If
so, use another account with Administrator level rights.

Jon

 

[Guest]

Just tried another account - same problem !

Are you trying to schedule a task using the "Admininstrator" account? If
so, use another account with Administrator level rights.

Jon

 

[Steve N.]

Just tried another account - same problem !

Do both accounts you've tried have passwords? Task Scheduler will not
work for accounts that do not have passwords.

Steve

 

[Guest]

They do have passwords - but it doesn't make any difference if I enter the
password or not.

 

[Nepatsfan]

In Services, are both Event Log and Remote Procedure Call
started and set to Automatic? Both of these serivices need to
be running in order to start the Task Scheduler service.

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

YES - it worked !

Event Log was turned off. Thanks very much - I'm surprised that's not
mentioned in any of the Microsoft bulletins on scheduler problems.

 

[Jon]

Yes that is surprising

Not listed as a "depends on" service, either, when you click the
"Dependency" tab for the Task Scheduler service in
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services

Jon

 

[Nepatsfan]

Glad to hear you've got that problem fixed. I stumbled across
that solution here:

Look for post from joel32137 toward the end of the thread,
http://tinyurl.com/blzb7


Nepatsfan