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Old 12-10-2004, 10:39 AM
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Norton System Works Auto Updates and Scheduled Tasks only run manually

I have "Automatic LiveUpdates" turned "On" and "Scan My Computer" scheduled for once a week. Also my subscription for Systems Works 2003 has been renewed through July 28, 2005. My PC is online, but the LiveUpdates do not happen automatically and the scans do not take place when scheduled; I have to initiate both manually.

In the "Control Panel" --> "Scheduled Tasks" under the columns titled names "Names, Schedule, Next Run Time and Last Run Time" all the tasks are properly listed. But in the column titled "Status" it says for each task: "Could not start."

I suspect that this is not a Norton, but rather a Windows XP problem. Perhaps it is caused by Service Pack 2. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
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Old 12-10-2004, 10:47 AM
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Just check that "task Scheduler" entry in "services.msc" from the run box, is set to automatic and started rather than diabled
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Old 12-10-2004, 01:19 PM
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Just check that "task Scheduler" entry in "services.msc" from the run box, is set to automatic and started rather than diabled


Thanks for your reply. Yes, it is set to "automatic" and "started."
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Old 12-10-2004, 05:50 PM
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Do you have a password for your user account? For reasons known only to Microsoft programmers, scheduled tasks just won't run from an account that isn't passworded.

In Control Panel, user accounts, create a password for the user account from which the scheduled tasks will run.

If you want it to logon to that account without having to enter the password every time you boot up, go to Start>Run, type in "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes, with the space after "control"), click OK.

Uncheck "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer," click OK.

In the dialog box that opens, enter the user name and password of the account, click OK.

Scheduled tasks should run (if the computer is turned on when they're scheduled to run, that is ) and it will not ask for the password on every boot.
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Old 12-12-2004, 09:10 AM
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Thanks Miz,
I will give it a try and let you know what happened. Right now I'm having some other, unrelated issues with my #$%^^ PC, which I will post shortly.
Thanks again
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