What is the secret to getting tasks to run when no one is logged on when using Windows XP?
-schedule service is running, set to automatic, log on as ‘local system’ -task is scheduled to run under an user account which is an administrator -task is scheduled to run under an user account with a password -task itself is legit as it will run when executed directly -task schedule setup is valid as it will run IF I remain logged on -Event log shows nothing -task log shows no attempt to run the task -task status is 0x0, but that is irrelevant since ‘time last run’ reveals it was not run at all Since schedule runs as a service with startup set to automatic and logon set to ‘local system’, one would assume that schedule service begins running when the computer is started, regardless of whether or not anyone logs on. Since the task is set up to run with an administrator logon complete with password, one would assume that since the schedule service is running, at the scheduled time it would logon as the designated user and run the task.
