Hi,
I have been struggling with the task scheduler since upgrading to Vista. I used to have the XP task scheduler run Realplayer when my PC turned on via the bios RTC each morning, and play BBC Internet Radio. Worked fine, no problems.
Vista however simply cannot do it. I have setup the Vista Task Scheduler to run a command line that I know works - I have tried dummy runs of the task scheduler when I have been logged in, and it goes no problem. I have also ticked "Run whether user is logged on or not" and entered my password when prompted.
When I login after Realplayer has failed to launch, the Task Scheduler history tab shows the following:
Event 107, Task triggered on scheduler, etc, then above it, Error, event 101, Task Start Failed, Launch Failure.
Most interestingly, in the failure details it reads:
"Task Scheduler failed to start "\Alarm Radio" task for user "ROTOMA\Dave". Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726."
What I find strange here is why the user is ROTOMA\Dave (ROTOMA being the name of my Workgroup) when the user account is DAVES-DESKTOP\Dave.
Could this be causing the problem, and if so how do I fix it?
As an aside, the task will successfully run if I login to my PC before the scheduled task, then logout and wait at the login screen.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Dave
I have been struggling with the task scheduler since upgrading to Vista. I used to have the XP task scheduler run Realplayer when my PC turned on via the bios RTC each morning, and play BBC Internet Radio. Worked fine, no problems.
Vista however simply cannot do it. I have setup the Vista Task Scheduler to run a command line that I know works - I have tried dummy runs of the task scheduler when I have been logged in, and it goes no problem. I have also ticked "Run whether user is logged on or not" and entered my password when prompted.
When I login after Realplayer has failed to launch, the Task Scheduler history tab shows the following:
Event 107, Task triggered on scheduler, etc, then above it, Error, event 101, Task Start Failed, Launch Failure.
Most interestingly, in the failure details it reads:
"Task Scheduler failed to start "\Alarm Radio" task for user "ROTOMA\Dave". Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726."
What I find strange here is why the user is ROTOMA\Dave (ROTOMA being the name of my Workgroup) when the user account is DAVES-DESKTOP\Dave.
Could this be causing the problem, and if so how do I fix it?
As an aside, the task will successfully run if I login to my PC before the scheduled task, then logout and wait at the login screen.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Dave
Ted
