From: Chris Robinson 

Hmmm - somthin fishy going on at my end methinks.....

"Geo." wrote:

> Weird, I can do it here, it then pops up a notice that the admin account has
> been granted a right to logon as a service and works fine after a restart of
> the scheduler.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Chris Robinson" 
wrote in message
> news:3E2C23DF.7F3E23DD{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > Just tried that - it doesn't like it.  It pops up an error saying that the
> Task
> > Scheduler Sevice must be configured to run using the System account (even
> though
> > individual jobs can be set to run using seperate accounts).
> >
> > I'm stumped!
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > "Geo." wrote:
> >
> > > Try setting it to run as the admin account, see if that solves the
> problem
> > > and if it does then some permission is not set right for the system
> account.
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > > "Chris Robinson"
 wrote in message
> > > news:3E26E8DE.8410365C{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > > > Howdy y'all
> > > >
> > > > I'm having a bit of a problem with the Task Scheduler service on
> Windows
> > > > 2000.  The service won't start - it says "error 5:
access is denied"
> > > > (see related post in binaries for pics).  This happens
when I'm logged
> > > > on as Domain Admin/ Local Admin/ User.
> > > >
> > > > I've found a few suggestions from the MS Knowledge base such as:
> > > >
> > > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q259/9/07.asp
> > > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q256/2/99.asp
> > > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q223/1/70.asp
> > > >
> > > > To summarise these say to ensure the service is set to
use the local
> > > > system account (it is, I've checked) and to ensure the
local system
> > > > account has full access to the root drive (which it
does).  I've also
> > > > tried to re-apply Win2k SP3 but no luck.  I can't seem
to find any
> other
> > > > relevant information on this error - any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > The only other thing I was thinking was a reinstall of IE but I'm
> > > > (fairly) sure Task Scheduler comes as part of Win2k and
it's only NT
> > > > that requires an IE install to get it? (I know NT
already has the "AT"
> > > > command but Scheduled Tasks replaces it).
> > > >
> > > > Ta,
> > > > Chris.
> > > >
> >

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