Task scheduler wont work

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I noticed the other day my Task Scheduler had stopped working. I have tried
everything suggested on this and other forums, but cannot get it to start
again. I get an error message "an error has occurred attempting to retrieve
account information" when setting up a new schedule.
If I go into Services and try to start scheduler there, I get "Could not
start task scheduler on local computer. Error 1717: The interface is unknown".
Coincidentally, I have just installed SP2, but that did not correct the
problem.
Thanks oin advance.

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Just tried another account - same problem !

"Jon" wrote:

> Are you trying to schedule a task using the "Admininstrator" account? If
> so, use another account with Administrator level rights.
>
> Jon
>
>
> "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3ECC522B-7058-4226-A3DE-10EA7DB414C6@microsoft.com...
> >I noticed the other day my Task Scheduler had stopped working. I have
> >tried
> > everything suggested on this and other forums, but cannot get it to start
> > again. I get an error message "an error has occurred attempting to
> > retrieve
> > account information" when setting up a new schedule.
> > If I go into Services and try to start scheduler there, I get "Could not
> > start task scheduler on local computer. Error 1717: The interface is
> > unknown".
> > Coincidentally, I have just installed SP2, but that did not correct the
> > problem.
> > Thanks oin advance.
>
>
>

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They do have passwords - but it doesn't make any difference if I enter the
password or not.

"Steve N." wrote:

> Simon wrote:
>
> > Just tried another account - same problem !
>
> Do both accounts you've tried have passwords? Task Scheduler will not
> work for accounts that do not have passwords.
>
> Steve
>
>
> > "Jon" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Are you trying to schedule a task using the "Admininstrator" account? If
> >>so, use another account with Administrator level rights.
> >>
> >>Jon
> >>
> >>
> >>"Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>news:3ECC522B-7058-4226-A3DE-10EA7DB414C6@microsoft.com...
> >>
> >>>I noticed the other day my Task Scheduler had stopped working. I have
> >>>tried
> >>>everything suggested on this and other forums, but cannot get it to start
> >>>again. I get an error message "an error has occurred attempting to
> >>>retrieve
> >>>account information" when setting up a new schedule.
> >>>If I go into Services and try to start scheduler there, I get "Could not
> >>>start task scheduler on local computer. Error 1717: The interface is
> >>>unknown".
> >>>Coincidentally, I have just installed SP2, but that did not correct the
> >>>problem.
> >>>Thanks oin advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

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YES - it worked !

Event Log was turned off. Thanks very much - I'm surprised that's not
mentioned in any of the Microsoft bulletins on scheduler problems.


"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> In Services, are both Event Log and Remote Procedure Call
> started and set to Automatic? Both of these serivices need to
> be running in order to start the Task Scheduler service.
>
> Nepatsfan
>
> Simon wrote:
> > They do have passwords - but it doesn't make any difference
> > if I enter the password or not.
> >
> > "Steve N." wrote:
> >
> >> Simon wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just tried another account - same problem !
> >>
> >> Do both accounts you've tried have passwords? Task
> >> Scheduler will not work for accounts that do not have
> >> passwords.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>> "Jon" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Are you trying to schedule a task using the
> >>>> "Admininstrator" account? If so, use another account
> >>>> with Administrator level rights.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jon
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:3ECC522B-7058-4226-A3DE-10EA7DB414C6@microsoft.com...
> >>>>
> >>>>> I noticed the other day my Task Scheduler had stopped
> >>>>> working. I have tried
> >>>>> everything suggested on this and other forums, but
> >>>>> cannot get it to start again. I get an error message "an
> >>>>> error has occurred attempting to retrieve
> >>>>> account information" when setting up a new schedule.
> >>>>> If I go into Services and try to start scheduler there,
> >>>>> I get "Could not start task scheduler on local computer.
> >>>>> Error 1717: The interface is unknown".
> >>>>> Coincidentally, I have just installed SP2, but that did
> >>>>> not correct the problem.
> >>>>> Thanks oin advance.
>
>
>
>

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Glad to hear you've got that problem fixed. I stumbled across
that solution here:

Look for post from joel32137 toward the end of the thread,
http://tinyurl.com/blzb7


Nepatsfan

Simon wrote:
> YES - it worked !
>
> Event Log was turned off. Thanks very much - I'm surprised
> that's not mentioned in any of the Microsoft bulletins on
> scheduler problems.
>
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> In Services, are both Event Log and Remote Procedure Call
>> started and set to Automatic? Both of these serivices need
>> to be running in order to start the Task Scheduler service.
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>> Simon wrote:
>>> They do have passwords - but it doesn't make any difference
>>> if I enter the password or not.
>>>
>>> "Steve N." wrote:
>>>
>>>> Simon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just tried another account - same problem !
>>>>
>>>> Do both accounts you've tried have passwords? Task
>>>> Scheduler will not work for accounts that do not have
>>>> passwords.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "Jon" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you trying to schedule a task using the
>>>>>> "Admininstrator" account? If so, use another account
>>>>>> with Administrator level rights.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:3ECC522B-7058-4226-A3DE-10EA7DB414C6@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I noticed the other day my Task Scheduler had stopped
>>>>>>> working. I have tried
>>>>>>> everything suggested on this and other forums, but
>>>>>>> cannot get it to start again. I get an error message
>>>>>>> "an error has occurred attempting to retrieve
>>>>>>> account information" when setting up a new schedule.
>>>>>>> If I go into Services and try to start scheduler there,
>>>>>>> I get "Could not start task scheduler on local
>>>>>>> computer. Error 1717: The interface is unknown".
>>>>>>> Coincidentally, I have just installed SP2, but that did
>>>>>>> not correct the problem.
>>>>>>> Thanks oin advance.