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> "Questor" <Questor@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Questor" <Questor@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@newsgroup> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:Pr6dnUfuRsJTbmbWnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@newsgroup
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Connie Martin" <ConnieMartin@newsgroup> wrote in
>>>>>>>> message news:A293B561-8DE1-47F7-BC44-5A298A871A1D@newsgroup
>>>>>>>>> Dave, thank you for replying. This is overwhelming. Why should we
>>>>>>>>> have to
>>>>>>>>> configure these computers like this? It worked fine at one
>>>>>>>>> time, and
>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>> suddenly it doesn't work any more. I can't even open Disk Defrag,
>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>>> as administrator.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have the same 'problem' on a Win7 box. When I open Task
>>>>>>>> Scheduler I
>>>>>>>> get an error
>>>>>>>> message that says:
>>>>>>>> ' The selected task "{0}" no longer exists. To see current tasks
>>>>>>>> click
>>>>>>>> Refresh'.
>>>>>>>> When I Ok that box another one pops up with:
>>>>>>>> ' Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will
>>>>>>>> attempt
>>>>>>>> to reconnect to it'
>>>>>>>> I've found that two tasks ( McUpdate and McUpdate_scheduled) are
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> listed in the
>>>>>>>> Task Scheduler library but are present in Windows\system32\tasks
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> they are listed
>>>>>>>> in the registry.
>>>>>>>> Not much help to you but if I get any further I'll post back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have found one task in the Media Center folder giving me the two
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> messages. There is a line of code inside with a date of
>>>>>>> 1982 ?? The actual file date is December 2009. Also the author is
>>>>>>> listed
>>>>>>> as me (or rather my account) but I know I have never created a
>>>>>>> task to
>>>>>>> update the Media Centre.
>>>>>>> Perhaps ticking a box or clicking an OK button somewhere created the
>>>>>>> thing. Anyway, if you decide you want to try and sort out your task
>>>>>>> errors then post back.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the exact same two errors when I open my Win7 Task Scheduler.
>>>>>> Was there any solution to this problem? I looked for a Media Center
>>>>>> folder, but didn't fine it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Questor
>>>>>
>>>>> On my box this error was caused by a task , mcupdate_scheduled.
>>>>> Open Task Scheduler, OK out of the error boxes.
>>>>> On the left pane open out Microsoft > Windows.
>>>>> There should be around 40+ folders and Media Center is one of them.
>>>>> To find out which folder is giving your error message select the first
>>>>> folder under Windows and click on the Refresh icon in the right pane.
>>>>> Continue down the list until you find it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The only place where I get the error is when I highlight "Task
>>>> Scheduler
>>>> Library" and hit Refresh. I git no errors in any other place. There is
>>>> nothing in the center panel however so this must be some sort of ghost
>>>> task as it isn't listed anywhere that I can find.
>>>>
>>>> I went all the way down the Microsoft entries and never had an error.
>>>> Funny thing is that when I get the error and go to another folder all
>>>> the taskes that used to be there are gone now and I have to restart the
>>>> task scheduler to get them back.
>>>>
>>>> Something is definitely messed up somewhere as I created a task and it
>>>> was entered in the folder Task Scheduler Library, but nowhere else.
>>>> If I
>>>> do create one, should it be in it's own folder down with Microsoft and
>>>> the others?
>>>>
>>>> Questor
>>>
>>> Sorry. In addition, I went to Services and found that the "Task
>>> Scheduler" service is completely greyed out. There are NO entries I can
>>> make on the pop-up properties at all. How to handle failures, is
>>> non-functional as are every checkbox on every tab. It looks as if this
>>> service just does not exist (even though the other 'svchost' functions
>>> work just fine.
>>>
>>> Q

>>
>> Even more info: I opened a command window, navigated to ststem32 and
>> manually entered the command:
>>
>> svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>>
>> there were no errors in the command window. When I went back to the
>> Task Scheduler, it did NOT give me the two errors. Not only that, but
>> it showed me three tasks that I'd tried to start but when I clicked
>> the final 'Finish' button it did not appear anywhere - no error given
>> - it simply wasn't there.
>>
>> After manually starting the service they all appeared again.
>>
>> I rebooted and the service failed to start again. I had to manually
>> start it. Something is just wrong but I haven't a clue where it is.
>>
>> Questor

>
> If you create a task it will be listed in the Task Scheduler Library.
> In Explorer it will be here: C:\Windows\System32\Tasks
> (along with all the Windows tasks)
> If you want to move it into another folder, create a folder here and it
> will be added to the tree.
> The Task scheduler service is normally greyed out, to stop people
> from stopping it. It should be set to automatic and the service status
> should be ' Started '. Check it's running in Task Manager, it's listed
> as 'Schedule'.
>
>

You're right. I didn't think of the consequences of a person messing
with the task that starts other tasks. Not a good thing. I went to my
other computers and they all showed grey-out for this particular
service. It is definitely running though as Process Explorer says so.



I don't get the error in Task Scheduler now for a reason I'm not sure
of. I tried a couple of things and when I rebooted, the errors were
gone. I hate it when that happens because I don't really learn anything.

Thanks much for letting me know where these tasks are stored. Makes
things much easier.

Questor