I have a task scheduled in my Windows 2008 R2 machine but it failed to trigger with the following error in the log (Event logs).
Error:
Task Scheduler failed to start "\Hyatt_International_Distribution" task for user "SAFFRON3\cb_admin". Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943645.
Task Scheduler failed to start Task Engine "" process due to an error occurring in "LUAIsElevatedToken" . Command="taskeng.exe" . Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943645.
The complete error is as below:
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler
Date: 4/16/2012 9:59:59 AM
Event ID: 101
Task Category: Task Start Failed
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: xyz
Description:
Task Scheduler failed to start "\Distribution" task for user "SAFFRON3\cb_admin". Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943645.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler" Guid="{de7b24ea-73c8-4a09-985d-5bdadcfa9017}" />
<EventID>101</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>101</Task>
<Opcode>101</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-04-16T14:59:59.950Z" />
<EventRecordID>101476</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="336" ThreadID="1216" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>xyz</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData Name="TaskStartFailedEvent">
<Data Name="TaskName">\Distribution</Data>
<Data Name="UserContext">SAFFRON3\cb_admin</Data>
<Data Name="ResultCode">2147943645</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
The task is set as: Run s if user is logged in or not, With Highest privileges, Power: Start when on AC power, Allow task run on demand.
The task runs almost everyday, correctly, but failed yesterday. Any particular reason?
On properties,
Check whether radio button is selected for
Run only when user is logged on
If you selected for the above option then that is the reason why it is failed.
so change the option to
Run whether user is logged on or not
OR
In other case, user might have changed his/her login credentials
My task was set to Run only when user is logged on and it was failing for me even while I was logged in and starting it manually. The user was set to me already. No password changes, etc.
I solved it by clicking "Change user" and selecting myself again.
I suspect it may have been caused by AD changing the user SID or something to that extent. Perhaps IT was doing some user management in AD, who knows.
I solved the issue by opening up the properties on the exe-file itself. On the tab Compatibility there's a check box for privilege level that says "Run this as an administrator"
Even though my account have administration privileges it didn't work when I started it from task scheduler.
I unchecked the box and started it from the scheduler again and it worked.
As far as I know you will need to give the domain account the proper "User Rights" such as "Log on as a Batch Job". You can check that in your Local Policies. Also, you might have a Domain GPO which is overwriting your local policies. I bet if you add this Domain Account into the local admin group of that machine, your problem will go away. A few articles for you to check:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsserver2008r2general/thread/9edcb63a-d133-45a0-9e8c-f1b774765531
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lv/winservergen/thread/68019b24-78a5-4db0-a150-ada921930924
http://sqlsolace.blogspot.com/2009/08/task-scheduler-task-does-not-run-error.html?m=1
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722152.aspx
Right Click on the Task in Task Scheduler
Click on the Actions tab
Click on Edit
Remove the quotes around the path in the "Starts In" textbox.
My task also failed to start.
I solved it by specifying not only the path to the executable, but also the path to the folder of the executable (Tab "Actions" | Edit | TextBox "Start in").
Thanks all,
I had the same issue. I have a task that runs via a generic user account not linked to a particular person. This user as somehow logged off the VM, when I was trying to fix it I was logged in as me and not that user.
Logging back in with that user fixed the issue!
I was having the same issue. I tried with the compatibility option, but in Windows 10 it doesn't show the compatibility option. The following steps solved the problem for me:
I made sure the account with which the task was running had the full access privileges on the file to be executed.
(Executed the task and was still not running)
I man taskschd.msc as administrator
I added the account to run the task (whether was it logged or not)
I executed the task and now IT WORKED!
So somehow setting up the task in taskschd.msc as a regular user wasn't working, even though my account is an admin one.
Hope this helps anyone having the same issue
Check whether you are scheduling a task to trigger an executable (.exe) or a batch (.bat) file. If you have scheduled any other file to open (for example a .txt or .docx file), the file not open.
Related
I am trying to run the Test Compelete Scripts on a virtual machine through Azure DevOps pipeline.
When I run the Azure Devops pipeline release. Execution starts in VM. But when I check the logs I see that the user action in the Test scripts are not performed.
Eg: My application is launched, and next steps when I have to select a radio button execution fails and also in
TE log I can see "User session is disconnected and also I can see that it is not able to identify the object)
You typically get this error when the test is run from a scheduled task with the Run whether user is logged on or not option. The error occurs because in this case the test is run in a non-interactive session and cannot interact with the GUI.
To resolve the problem, do the following:
Modify properties of the scheduled task to use the Run only when the
user is logged on option and specify the user account under which
the task will be run.
Make sure that the specified user is logged into the system when the
task is triggered.
Here is the document you can refer to.
I am looking for a way to run a job on a schedule and also alert the user to that running job. Specifically, I am using PowerShell to manage a computer lab scenario, and between sessions I want to refresh the environment, clean off the desktop, reset shortcuts pinned to the task bar for the next session, etc. But I want to warn anyone sitting at the machine that this is about to happen. However, my scripts that use Balloontips very successfully as regular scripts don't work as scheduled jobs. They run, and I have verified they run as the user in question, by creating a Scheduled Job that rights a text file to the user desktop. But Balloon Tips don't actually appear. Is there some secret to getting this to work, or is this a form of "interaction" that a scheduled job just can't do?
I also tried an alternative approach, launching the browser with a web page warning of the impending cleanup. That also didn't work. Suggesting some limits to what can be done as a Scheduled Job.
I would much rather go the very "integrated with the OS" route of the balloon tips, but for the life of me it seems like that just isn't an option. So, any other suggestions for providing user info by way of a scheduled job?
Since this runs in Session 0 where GUI interaction doesn't exist you must resort to some other mechanism.
You say this happens between sessions. You could show your ballon via another "notification script" that is executed from within your ScheduledJob. You have options here. For example:
Add entry to registry Run key that will self delete on run. Shows popup when user logs in (session change ? ). Entry executes posh script which parameters you could craft, i.e. (powershell -File notify.ps1 -ArgumentList "Operation bla bla..")
Add ScheduledTask that doesn't run in Session 0 (regular task). You need to do that only once. Every next time you run this job to show notification to the user from within main script via schtasks run or ScheduledTasks module depending on your system.
Add a ScheduledTask that check periodically EventLog for the input of your main script. The task would start on logon and subscribe to event log notifications. I don't like this as the script must run non-stop.
I have configured a Task scheduler which is supposed to run exe, but its not working.
Exe is working fine as a stand alone & also in these cases :
When we enable option "Run only when the user is logged on".
Under "Change User or group" when we select Administrators.
Task Scheduler is not working when I try to run it as a Local Account i.e, the account with which I am logging in.
I have tried most of the option present in blogs like setting Start In paramaeter,executing via cmd.exe.
I tried to add Local Account to the Administrators group also but still no luck.
Have you selected the "Run whether user is logged-in or not" check box? You will then be asked to supply the account credentials. Note that the job won't run if it requires network resources and you've selected the check box "Do not store password". More details here.
I normally use the LocalService or NetworkService account.
You might also want to look at the Windows event log to see if either the executable or the Task Scheduler itself produced an exception. Additionally the Scheduled Task viewer has a "Last Result" column with a result value.
I've been working for hours on this one.
I have a scheduled task that is set up to be run by a non-admin account.
What is does:
Start a service at a specific time everyday.
Command:
NET START <service>
Configuration:
Runs everyday at 6 PM
Run with highest privileges
Non-administrative account has the following access levels
Remote Desktop User
Log on as Batch Job
Log on as Service
Access to start/stop the service in ACL
Read/execute access to CMD.exe and NET.exe
Access to start/stop the task scheduler service
Access to the tasks directory in C:\Windows\System32\Tasks
The Problem:
Scheduled task runs but does not start service as intended. When temporarily granted admin access to account, scheduled task executes as intended.
Investigation Notes:
Interestingly, if the account itself remotes into the box it CAN start/stop the service manually.
The scheduled task completes with no errors whatsoever (even in eventvwr) but the service itself does not start.
When the account is given admin access, the scheduled task runs as expected.
I'm looking into the possibility that there might be additional permissions involved to be able to execute 'NET START' but I've had little luck finding any information on that.
Any help would be really appreciated.
you must check : "execute with highest privileges" in the Generel Tab
I created a task in my Win7, to run php.exe. The command is: C:\xampp\php\php.exe -q "C:\xampp\htdocs\creport\cleaner.php", and it works fine.
Then I created another task to run mysqldump.exe. The command is: C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqldump.exe -u root -pvince c_report > C:\dbfiles\backup-"%DATE:/=-%.sql", but when creating the task a window popped up asking for account information like:
[Sorry I don't have enough reputation to insert an image in my post]
Why is that? I mean, why are the two .exe files treated differently? And probably just because of that, I always failed to run mysqldump.exe though the task, it failed with last-run-result being 0x6.
Thanks a lot for any help!
Actually I was fooled. I just found that the whether does the window pop up has nothing to do with which exe this task is scheduled to run. It comes up just because I has ticked option [Run whether user is logged on or not], therefore, in the case that user account is logged out, Windows need to store the password to log it in to run the task.