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I'm having a problem with the task scheduler on Server 2000. The box is running SP4. This is a uni-proc VM running on Hyper-V; after HV takes a save/restore VSS snapshot, we reboot the box via a task, ...

If your schedules task fails to run and you see the Task Scheduler failed to start with Event ID 101 in Event Viewer, you can try our recommended solutions below in the order presented below to have ...

More malware is using Windows Task Scheduler to do its dirty work. Here's how to mitigate this surprising attack vector Malware authors have been using the Windows Task Scheduler (or AT.exe jobs) to ...

On your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, whether you’re trying to use the Task Scheduler to run a task at a specific time or when an event occurs, you can create a task in at least two different ...

Action is "Start a Program" The program is a batch file The batch file spools up some Java (Pentaho Data Integration), does some work, then exits Nothing in any of ...

PowerShell 3.0 will have a dramatic impact on how IT pros manage their Windows environments, especially as they move to Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. One big change is the ability to natively ...

Windows Task Scheduler fails when you need to run automated jobs that work with other systems such as Unix, Linux or HP’s Open VMS. That’s where ActiveBatch from Advanced Systems Concepts can pick up ...

A Windows task scheduler API function does not check permissions – so any potential local bad actor can alter them to gain elevated privileges. A zero-day flaw recently disclosed in Microsoft’s ...