Re Windows tasks

[Richard Kreiss]

> 
> Richard,
> 
> I have also had issues with tasks running on Win2003. When no one is
> logged in to the server, some resources are not available.  Drives are
> not mounted, security of various kinds have not been established.
> 
> We have tasks running and thought we had them running without a login
> active.  We installed a windows upgrade and rebooted and they all
> stopped.  I suspect someone was really logged in and the reboot
> disconnected them.
> 
> All our tasks have a password and should run without the login, but we
> can not find the reason either.  So we just leave an admin user logged
> it.  It goes back to asking for the password if you open the window, but
> the tasks run.
> 
> I think it is a Win2003 server issue.  We use some of the clients for
> tasks also, (winXP machines) and they work just fine.  Like you say it
> is difficult to troubleshoot because if you test the script, you are
> logged in.  So it works.  Same problem we had when testing this stuff.
> 
> Good luck.  Just leave the login and move on.
> 
> Nancy

This is also a problem with Server 2008.

Will suggest this to my client.

Thanks,

Richard





> 
> 
> 
> On 5/17/2010 12:09 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> > I have addressed this Bob Rasmussen but would like to know if anyone has
any
> > suggestions to my catch22.
> >
> > As previously posted, I have a task that runs at night (windows server
2003
> > or 2008).  As long as one is logged into the server, the task runs
properly
> > creating pdf files.  When no one is logged in to the server, the task
runs,
> > txt files are created but printwiz does not run.
> >
> > The routine does a system call to run printwiz which in installed
> > c:\windows\printiz30.
> >
> > My catch22 is that I really have no way to see why this is happening.
> >
> > Yes, the task runs as I have tested it on my system with the routine
which
> > deletes the txt file an the end.
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard Kreiss
> > GCC Consulting
> > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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