What wrong on schedule tasks?

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When I create a schedule task on XP with SP3, it pops up an error message

about account's information at 0x80070005, and not having right for

execution. The role for my account is System administrator.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Eric
 
On 3/31/2010 9:42 PM On a whim, Eric pounded out on the keyboard



> When I create a schedule task on XP with SP3, it pops up an error message

> about account's information at 0x80070005, and not having right for

> execution. The role for my account is System administrator.

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric




Hi Eric,



Can you run the task from a command prompt?



See if this helps:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308558





Terry R.

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Eric wrote:

> When I create a schedule task on XP with SP3, it pops up an error message

> about account's information at 0x80070005, and not having right for

> execution. The role for my account is System administrator.

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric
 
On Apr 1, 12:42 am, Eric wrote:

> When I create a schedule task on XP with SP3, it pops up an error message

> about account's information at 0x80070005, and not having right for

> execution. The role for my account is System administrator.

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric




It sounds like it is working perfectly.



Is this a new Task?



Has it ever worked?



Did you create this task yourself or did some program create it for

you?



What is the nature of the task? We have experience and knowledge

regarding setting up some automated processes and may have already

figured out how to run your particular task



Some applications you may want to schedule at a convenient time

require user intervention (answering questions). Does your

application have options to run unattended?



Not so popular advice from me to troubleshoot STs:



It is strongly suggested that the task be assigned to a user that has

a password (not the Administrator), so create a new user with a

password just for tasks or temporarily add a password to your account

if needed (for testing).



You can temporarily assign yourself a PW to test and worry about this

later. Right now you just need to see if your ST mechanism is working

properly.



If you try to create new task using an account that does not have a

password you will get an error trying to create the task:



The new task has been created, but may not run because the account

information

could not be set. The specific error is 0x80070005: Access is denied



The task will still be created, but will never run properly.



There is a way around this, but get this working first to be sure your

ST mechanism is not afflicted.



Stop the Task Scheduler service. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel,

Administrative Tools, Service and locate the Task Scheduler Service

and stop it.



Delete or rename the probably cluttered ST log file which is here:



c:\windows\schedlgu.txt



Restart the Task Scheduler service to create a new log (it is just a

text file) and verify that a new log file has been created and looks

something like this:



"Task Scheduler Service"

Started at 1/1/2010 6:26:43 AM

[ ***** Most recent entry is above this line ***** ]





Navigate to the c:\windows\tasks folder to see all your tasks. Expand

the explorer window so you can see all the columns of interest

dragging the column headings to see each column.



The Next Run Time, Last Run Time, Status and Last Results columns are

of interest. You can also click Advanced and view the ST log file from

here.



Choose to Add Scheduled Task. Create a new task to run Command Prompt

once, right now. If you don't have a PW on your account, you will get

an error trying to create it. It will still be created, but will

never run. Assign a password to your XP login account at least

temporarily to test your ST mechanism.



Having temporarily assigned your login account a password, adjust the

new ST Command Prompt task Properties to use the same account and

password you used to login to Windows and the task should configure

with no errors.



Right click the new Command Prompt task and choose Run and a command

window should open immediately. If not, something is wrong. If yes,

your mechanism is sound. Look in the log file to see your results.

Type exit in the Command Prompt window to close it.



Since the Command Prompt task is set up to run under your account,

this is why you will see the Command Prompt window open right away.

If you configured the task to use some other account (with a password

of course), the Command Prompt task would run under that users name

(not yours) and you would not see the Command Prompt window open, but

the task would be running and you can see it in Task Manager. This

way you know your ST mechanism is working.



You know how to run tasks manually, observe the information columns,

remove the log file, so now apply this knowledge to your new task. Be

sure the Task Scheduler service is running again if you stop it to

remove the log file while testing.



Assign Properties to your new or troublesome task that match your

login (at least for testing), observe the columns, and the log. If

your task fails to run manually, the errors in the log file are the

clues to what to do next. The application itslef may also have a log

file with helpful information.



Always try to go back to your simple Command Prompt task that you

created before to make sure the ST mechanism works properly - you know

for sure that one works properly. Then apply your knowledge to get

your new task working.



You can change the task Properties to use your login account and

password since you know it works properly on the Command Prompt task.

If you change your new task and choose to run it and are logged in the

same way, you should see your task run. When you are satisfied it is

working properly, you probably don't want to have it interrupt you

while you are logged in, so change the Properties back to use some

other user login and password that you created

just to run STs.



Some tasks that are created by other applications will use the special

account NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This account has no password and is

usually used for system oriented tasks but you will only be able to

see it running when using Task Manager.



If you try to manually run a ST like this, you will not see it open

any window to run but you will see it running in Task Manager and in

the log file. If you think you want to see it actually run, change

the Properties to use your account and password, troubleshoot the

task, then change the Properties back and test it again.



These kinds of tasks may run just fine, but you will only be able to

tell by the log file, looking in Task Manager or the status columns in

the tasks folder. If you temporarily change the task to use the same

account and password you use to login, you will be able to watch it

run.



Once you understand how to get a simple task like Command Prompt

working and you know where the log file is and how to change the task

Proprieties, you can work on your new or afflicted task and get it

working.



There are ways to work around some of the restrictions and

requirements, but it is best to just use what you have and use it

properly.



Usually the problem is no password on the account used to create the

task or folks expect to "see" the task running when it is not assigned

to their login and don't see anything and think the task is not

running. That is not the way it works. The log file will tell you

what is going on.



If you are used to not having a password on your account because you

don't like to enter one when you login or you are the only user on

your system, and decide to start using some STs, it is sometimes

easiest to just assign a password to your account or just create a new

XP user account with a password and use it for the STs. You can

assign a password to your account and still have your system set up to

never prompt you for a password when you login but you should remember

your password - or set up a new account.
 
There is no password for my account as an system admin, if I create a

password for system admin, will it solve the problem? but when window

startups, do I need to key in password for login into window?

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Eric



"Jose" wrote:



> On Apr 1, 12:42 am, Eric wrote:

> > When I create a schedule task on XP with SP3, it pops up an error message

> > about account's information at 0x80070005, and not having right for

> > execution. The role for my account is System administrator.

> > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it?

> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> > Eric


>

> It sounds like it is working perfectly.

>

> Is this a new Task?

>

> Has it ever worked?

>

> Did you create this task yourself or did some program create it for

> you?

>

> What is the nature of the task? We have experience and knowledge

> regarding setting up some automated processes and may have already

> figured out how to run your particular task

>

> Some applications you may want to schedule at a convenient time

> require user intervention (answering questions). Does your

> application have options to run unattended?

>

> Not so popular advice from me to troubleshoot STs:

>

> It is strongly suggested that the task be assigned to a user that has

> a password (not the Administrator), so create a new user with a

> password just for tasks or temporarily add a password to your account

> if needed (for testing).

>

> You can temporarily assign yourself a PW to test and worry about this

> later. Right now you just need to see if your ST mechanism is working

> properly.

>

> If you try to create new task using an account that does not have a

> password you will get an error trying to create the task:

>

> The new task has been created, but may not run because the account

> information

> could not be set. The specific error is 0x80070005: Access is denied

>

> The task will still be created, but will never run properly.

>

> There is a way around this, but get this working first to be sure your

> ST mechanism is not afflicted.

>

> Stop the Task Scheduler service. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel,

> Administrative Tools, Service and locate the Task Scheduler Service

> and stop it.

>

> Delete or rename the probably cluttered ST log file which is here:

>

> c:\windows\schedlgu.txt

>

> Restart the Task Scheduler service to create a new log (it is just a

> text file) and verify that a new log file has been created and looks

> something like this:

>

> "Task Scheduler Service"

> Started at 1/1/2010 6:26:43 AM

> [ ***** Most recent entry is above this line ***** ]

>

>

> Navigate to the c:\windows\tasks folder to see all your tasks. Expand

> the explorer window so you can see all the columns of interest

> dragging the column headings to see each column.

>

> The Next Run Time, Last Run Time, Status and Last Results columns are

> of interest. You can also click Advanced and view the ST log file from

> here.

>

> Choose to Add Scheduled Task. Create a new task to run Command Prompt

> once, right now. If you don't have a PW on your account, you will get

> an error trying to create it. It will still be created, but will

> never run. Assign a password to your XP login account at least

> temporarily to test your ST mechanism.

>

> Having temporarily assigned your login account a password, adjust the

> new ST Command Prompt task Properties to use the same account and

> password you used to login to Windows and the task should configure

> with no errors.

>

> Right click the new Command Prompt task and choose Run and a command

> window should open immediately. If not, something is wrong. If yes,

> your mechanism is sound. Look in the log file to see your results.

> Type exit in the Command Prompt window to close it.

>

> Since the Command Prompt task is set up to run under your account,

> this is why you will see the Command Prompt window open right away.

> If you configured the task to use some other account (with a password

> of course), the Command Prompt task would run under that users name

> (not yours) and you would not see the Command Prompt window open, but

> the task would be running and you can see it in Task Manager. This

> way you know your ST mechanism is working.

>

> You know how to run tasks manually, observe the information columns,

> remove the log file, so now apply this knowledge to your new task. Be

> sure the Task Scheduler service is running again if you stop it to

> remove the log file while testing.

>

> Assign Properties to your new or troublesome task that match your

> login (at least for testing), observe the columns, and the log. If

> your task fails to run manually, the errors in the log file are the

> clues to what to do next. The application itslef may also have a log

> file with helpful information.

>

> Always try to go back to your simple Command Prompt task that you

> created before to make sure the ST mechanism works properly - you know

> for sure that one works properly. Then apply your knowledge to get

> your new task working.

>

> You can change the task Properties to use your login account and

> password since you know it works properly on the Command Prompt task.

> If you change your new task and choose to run it and are logged in the

> same way, you should see your task run. When you are satisfied it is

> working properly, you probably don't want to have it interrupt you

> while you are logged in, so change the Properties back to use some

> other user login and password that you created

> just to run STs.

>

> Some tasks that are created by other applications will use the special

> account NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This account has no password and is

> usually used for system oriented tasks but you will only be able to

> see it running when using Task Manager.

>

> If you try to manually run a ST like this, you will not see it open

> any window to run but you will see it running in Task Manager and in

> the log file. If you think you want to see it actually run, change

> the Properties to use your account and password, troubleshoot the

> task, then change the Properties back and test it again.

>

> These kinds of tasks may run just fine, but you will only be able to

> tell by the log file, looking in Task Manager or the status columns in

> the tasks folder. If you temporarily change the task to use the same

> account and password you use to login, you will be able to watch it

> run.

>

> Once you understand how to get a simple task like Command Prompt

> working and you know where the log file is and how to change the task

> Proprieties, you can work on your new or afflicted task and get it

> working.

>

> There are ways to work around some of the restrictions and

> requirements, but it is best to just use what you have and use it

> properly.

>

> Usually the problem is no password on the account used to create the

> task or folks expect to "see" the task running when it is not assigned

> to their login and don't see anything and think the task is not

> running. That is not the way it works. The log file will tell you

> what is going on.

>

> If you are used to not having a password on your account because you

> don't like to enter one when you login or you are the only user on

> your system, and decide to start using some STs, it is sometimes

> easiest to just assign a password to your account or just create a new

> XP user account with a password and use it for the STs. You can

> assign a password to your account and still have your system set up to

> never prompt you for a password when you login but you should remember

> your password - or set up a new account.

> .

>
 
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> There is no password for my account as an system admin, if I create a

> password for system admin, will it solve the problem?




Yes



but when window

> startups, do I need to key in password for login into window?




Yes



> Do you have any suggestions?




Use Autologon. Methods here:



http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm



Bernd
 
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