WINDOWS XP SP2 - TASK SCHEDULER CRASHING AT RANDOM - PLEASE HELP

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I've had no trouble running scheduled tasks unattended under Windows
XP until SP2 was installed. When I checked the log, I frequently come
across the new error in the logs

Result: The task completed with an exit code of (c0000142).

This seems to occur at random but even more frequently day by day.
None of this happened when I was on Windows XP SP1a.

Please help.
 
I've had no trouble running scheduled tasks unattended under Windows
XP until SP2 was installed. When I checked the log, I frequently come
across the new error in the logs

Result: The task completed with an exit code of (c0000142).

This seems to occur at random but even more frequently day by day.
None of this happened when I was on Windows XP SP1a.

Please help.
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Now they can add task scheduler to the list!
 
How do you work that out. The message indicates the program was started sucessfully. The exit code is application defined and may mean everything went ok.
 
David said:
How do you work that out. The message indicates the program was started sucessfully. The exit code is application defined and may mean everything went ok.
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Hey, all I'm saying is -- it worked before and doesn't work now and in
between was the SP2 install. THAT'S how I worked it out.
SP2 is a DISASTER
 
It working now. That's what the message said. If your program isn't working (rather than task scheduler), and one can't tell that from the message (though it would be unusual but not unknown), then you need to talk about the program not task scheduler.

Some Norton's product uses 42 to indicate OK. Most programs return 0 (because they don't specify exit codes). Some programs use the exit code to indicate what happened (especially command line programs).
 
The only way I could get Scheduled Tasks working again after SP2 was to go
into the control panel , open up each individual scheduled task, then
uncheck only if logged on. Then choose ok or apply. Then I had to recheck
run only if logged on. I had to do this with each and every scheduled task
listed to get them all to work again.
 
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