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Subject: Windows 2000 Task Manager
Category: Computers > Operating Systems
Asked by: hinterindien-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 10 Oct 2002 09:15 PDT
Expires: 09 Nov 2002 08:15 PST
Question ID: 74865
I got a problem with my computer. I run Windows 2000, and I want the
OS to start a simple task every minute. To do this, there is a "Task
Manager" (German name: "Taskplaner") in the system. If you click the
right options, it will start any executable program whenever you want.
Normally this is working perfectly.
But!
In approx. 30 percent of the cases, the "Task Manager" doesnt start to
work after a newstart of the computer. This means: In 70 percent of the
cases, the computer works well, everything gets initialised and the task
in question will be executed every minute. In the other 30 percent of
the cases, the "Task Manager" just pretends that he is willing to
start the task as soon as the next minute comes. But when the minute
is complete, nothing happens. Only the "Task Manager" now promises to
start the task at the end of the following minute, what again doesnt happen
and so on.

Is there any other correction to this problem than doing newstarts
until the machine works properly?

(Technical information: It is a AMD Duron-Machine with 256 MB RAM and
two PCI-Cards: One Ethernet 100/10-Card, and one card with a WLAN
radion-connector on it.)

Request for Question Clarification by hailstorm-ga on 19 Oct 2002 23:08 PDT
hinterindien,

The task scheduler will cease to run if the previous job it was
running returns any code other than the all is well code of "0x0"  If
the there is no problems with the task it is running, could it be that
the account name it is running under is invalid, or becomes locked out
on a reboot?  When you have the problem, if you right-click on the
task and start it manually does it run correctly?

Clarification of Question by hinterindien-ga on 21 Oct 2002 01:56 PDT
Hailstorm, 

even if the task scheduler refuses to work, it is possible to run the
task manually.

I also dont assume that there is a problem with the account name,
because there is only one user installed on the machine: the
administrator.

If the task scheduler starts in the "broken mode", it displays the
"last runtime" as the booting time of the system, it promises the
"next runtime" to be the next minute, and it gives the result of the
previous job as "0x0". One minute later only the "next runtime" will
be increased by one but nothing else happens.

In this case it is also possible to delete the schedule and to plan a
new one with exactly the same parameters. The new one will run without
problems. Crasy, isnt it?
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Subject: Re: Windows 2000 Task Manager
From: geller-ga on 13 Oct 2002 21:13 PDT
 
Have you considered using the Task Scheduler (Scheduled Tasks)? You'll
find it under Programs->Accessories->System Tools. It's like "cron"
for NT/Win2K/XP.
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 Task Manager
From: hinterindien-ga on 14 Oct 2002 01:31 PDT
 
Yes, I AM using the Task Scheduler. (I simply didnt knew the english
name, because I am using the german version - so I just translated the
german name litterally. So wherever you find "Task Manager" in my
question, just read it as "Task Scheduler". )

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