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> Sorry to bother, but I was wondering...what is the difference between
> scheduled tasks in Server 2k3 compared to them in Win xp pro SP2....
>
> Reason I ask is, I've got backup scripts running to a NAS...on the
> server they are working perfectly, but using the same method on xp,
> they just don't want to run...security and paths are all correct, no
> issue talking to anything...
>
> Can anyone give me any thoughts/insight into the matter?
>
> Thanks...

> Sorry to bother, but I was wondering...what is the difference between
> scheduled tasks in Server 2k3 compared to them in Win xp pro SP2....
>
> Reason I ask is, I've got backup scripts running to a NAS...on the
> server they are working perfectly, but using the same method on xp,
> they just don't want to run...security and paths are all correct, no
> issue talking to anything...
>
> Can anyone give me any thoughts/insight into the matter?
>
> Thanks...
>

> Hello brett***@gmail.com,
>
> What is the error message? Under scheduled tasks you should see an error
> number, if it not run correctly.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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>
>
> > Sorry to bother, but I was wondering...what is the difference between
> > scheduled tasks in Server 2k3 compared to them in Win xp pro SP2....
>
> > Reason I ask is, I've got backup scripts running to a NAS...on the
> > server they are working perfectly, but using the same method on xp,
> > they just don't want to run...security and paths are all correct, no
> > issue talking to anything...
>
> > Can anyone give me any thoughts/insight into the matter?
>
> > Thanks...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

> On Nov 23, 8:35 am, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello brett***@gmail.com,
>>
>> What is the error message? Under scheduled tasks you should see an
>> error number, if it not run correctly.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>> Sorry to bother, but I was wondering...what is the difference
>>> between scheduled tasks in Server 2k3 compared to them in Win xp pro
>>> SP2....
>>>
>>> Reason I ask is, I've got backup scripts running to a NAS...on the
>>> server they are working perfectly, but using the same method on xp,
>>> they just don't want to run...security and paths are all correct, no
>>> issue talking to anything...
>>>
>>> Can anyone give me any thoughts/insight into the matter?
>>>
>>> Thanks...- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>>
> Underneath scheduled tasks? where is that? I've looked all through the
> event logs and found no issue, and If I run the backup script it
> works, if i manually run the scheduled task, it does not...
> incredibly annoying, I wasn't aware there was a difference with
> scheduled tasks between svr and xp....

> Hello brett***@gmail.com,
>
> Scheduled tasks is an option under start>control panel. Here are all scheduled
> tasks listed by default that runs on a computer, doesn't matter if XP or
> 2003.
> Please descrive how you have configured your system to deal with it.
>
> You are talking about backup scripts, maybe they do not run as a scheduled
> task? Please post the content of the script that we can follow you.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
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>
>
>
> > On Nov 23, 8:35 am, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> >> Hello brett***@gmail.com,
>
> >> What is the error message? Under scheduled tasks you should see an
> >> error number, if it not run correctly.
>
> >> Best regards
>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >>> Sorry to bother, but I was wondering...what is the difference
> >>> between scheduled tasks in Server 2k3 compared to them in Win xp pro
> >>> SP2....
>
> >>> Reason I ask is, I've got backup scripts running to a NAS...on the
> >>> server they are working perfectly, but using the same method on xp,
> >>> they just don't want to run...security and paths are all correct, no
> >>> issue talking to anything...
>
> >>> Can anyone give me any thoughts/insight into the matter?
>
> >>> Thanks...- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Underneath scheduled tasks? where is that? I've looked all through the
> > event logs and found no issue, and If I run the backup script it
> > works, if i manually run the scheduled task, it does not...
> > incredibly annoying, I wasn't aware there was a difference with
> > scheduled tasks between svr and xp....- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

> The backup scripts definately run as a scheduled task - they are
> working on Windows Svr 2k3 not a problem at all...and I'm aware of
> where/how to setup a scheduled task, what I was referring to before
> was Mathieu mentioned the scheduled task journal, that I haven't heard
> of....
>
> The backup file is a .brs  - I use batch run and robocopy to do the
> backups (so I don't have to backup the whole directory again, robocopy
> see if its a newer file, if so it backs it up otherwise it skips it -
> (in case you weren't familiar with it))
>
> So the content is simply
>
> robocopy d:\mydocuments x:\backup\daily\graphics
>
> Where mydocuments is the the directory to be copied, x is a mapped
> network drive, and the rest is the directory to copy to....
>

On Nov 23, 11:57 am, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr...@nospam.gmail.com>
wrote:
> Scheduled Tasks|Advanced|View Log may provide some details. If the job
> connects to another machine you may need to add the user/ group 'logon as
> batch job' rights (server side). Control Panel|Admin Tools|Local Security
> Policy\Local Policies\User Rights Assignments
> "Log on as a batch job"
>
> If the task completes but the job does not then there is a problem in the
> job itself. Remember that if it involves network resources to make sure the
> user account has permissions to the resources and also use UNC paths as
> mapped drives won't natively exist when no one is logged on.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>
> <brett***@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The backup scripts definately run as a scheduled task - they are
> > working on Windows Svr 2k3 not a problem at all...and I'm aware of
> > where/how to setup a scheduled task, what I was referring to before
> > was Mathieu mentioned the scheduled task journal, that I haven't heard
> > of....
>
> > The backup file is a .brs  - I use batch run and robocopy to do the
> > backups (so I don't have to backup the whole directory again, robocopy
> > see if its a newer file, if so it backs it up otherwise it skips it -
> > (in case you weren't familiar with it))
>
> > So the content is simply
>
> > robocopy d:\mydocuments x:\backup\daily\graphics
>
> > Where mydocuments is the the directory to be copied, x is a mapped
> > network drive, and the rest is the directory to copy to....- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

> Started and finished with error code 0....user has permissions on
> network/drive/share....grrr....
> If i manually run the script/backup, its fine...its only when I put it
> in the scheduled tasks that it won't run...automatically or if i right
> click and go run...