From: "Geo." 

No it's not, I was doing it on an NT4 box, when I tried on 2K it gave the
same error you got and told me to run the task under a different account.

Geo.

"Chris Robinson"  wrote in
message news:3E2D087E.D9D7B3BD{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> 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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