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From: J Tinsby on 14 Mar 2010 14:18
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:35:56 -0500, Lem <lemp40(a)unknownhost> wrote:
>
>TS can be finicky about what it runs. Sometimes, I've been able to
>resolve a situation such as you describe (it used to work, but now it
>doesn't) by deleting the task and then re-creating it. Or try this:
>
>- Start event viewer (Start > Run > eventvwr.exe)
>- Clear the Application and System logs
>- Open Task Scheduler, right click your desired task and select "Run"
>- Go back to the event viewer and see what the error message is. If you
>didn't close event viewer, select one of the logs, then click on
>"Refresh" in the "Actions" menu.
>
>If you can't figure out the problem yourself from the error message,
>click on the icon just below the up/down arrows in the "Event
>Properties" display and then paste into your next post.

Hi Lem and Jose and all who tried to help me.

I am sorry to report that nothing seems to work, I've done all the
things suggested and can't get TS to make Auslogics run when I want it
to. So in effect I will put all of you out of your misery trying to
help me and call it quits.

I will be the first one to say that on this topic all of you have
spent the most time EVER in your efforts to get the thing to work and
I really appreciate it!

I may fool with it from time to time but I think I am beating a dead
horse. But I may try once more and end up sending a log of why it
didn't run..........Jose suggested I have TS run a command prompt and
that worked fine, so I don't know why the trouble with the defrag.

So thanks very very much to all of you once again, you are the best!

Cheers,

J Tinsby

From: Jose on 14 Mar 2010 17:31
On Mar 14, 2:18 pm, J Tinsby <n...(a)present.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:35:56 -0500, Lem <lemp40(a)unknownhost> wrote:
>
> >TS can be finicky about what it runs.  Sometimes, I've been able to
> >resolve a situation such as you describe (it used to work, but now it
> >doesn't) by deleting the task and then re-creating it.  Or try this:
>
> >- Start event viewer (Start > Run > eventvwr.exe)
> >- Clear the Application and System logs
> >- Open Task Scheduler, right click your desired task and select "Run"
> >- Go back to the event viewer and see what the error message is. If you
> >didn't close event viewer, select one of the logs, then click on
> >"Refresh" in the "Actions" menu.
>
> >If you can't figure out the problem yourself from the error message,
> >click on the icon just below the up/down arrows in the "Event
> >Properties" display and then paste into your next post.
>
> Hi Lem and Jose and all who tried to help me.
>
> I am sorry to report that nothing seems to work, I've done all the
> things suggested and can't get TS to make Auslogics run when I want it
> to. So in effect I will put all of you out of your misery trying to
> help me and call it quits.
>
> I will be the first one to say that on this topic all of you have
> spent the most time EVER in your efforts to get the thing to work and
> I really appreciate it!
>
> I may fool with it from time to time but I think I am beating a dead
> horse. But I may try once more and end up sending a log of why it
> didn't run..........Jose suggested I have TS run a command prompt and
> that worked fine, so I don't know why the trouble with the defrag.
>
> So thanks very very much to all of you once again, you are the best!
>
> Cheers,
>
> J Tinsby

Refresh my memory on what it is that you expect to see that you are
not seeing or what it is that you do see that you are not expecting
to see?

If you set up a ST and the task does not run, XP will not be able to
figure out that the task was missed and decide to run it *now*. It
will wait until the next time the system is running and the time for
the task is at hand.

If the system is running and the ST does not start when it is supposed
to, there is an explanation for it.

What did you explain to Auslogic and what did they say back to you?



From: J Tinsby on 14 Mar 2010 18:11
Lem,

I did all you suggested to no avail, cleared out all the logs under
EVENTS.
Ran the program manually ( it started and ran fine ) but it put
nothing in the event's log even after using 'refresh' nothing
appeared. It did add to the TS log however.

I put the machine in S-3 standby to see if it would wake up and run,
it wouldn't. Then I shut it off entirely to see if it would wake up
from that state and run and it wouldn't.

The easiest thing at this point is just to click the Auslogics icon
and run it when I please. There seems to be no resolution to what
should be a simple problem, even with all your expert help we can't
crack it. I should mention I am using the TS under the
NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM if that matters. Having a p/w on it never seemed to
make a difference.

The TS will run IF the machine is already on, other than that, at
least on this machine it's useless. On older machines I was able to
get it run things with no trouble, now for some reason it's being
impossibly difficult for no apparent reason.

Regards,

J T
From: Jose on 15 Mar 2010 07:46
On Mar 14, 6:11 pm, J Tinsby <n...(a)present.com> wrote:
> Lem,
>
> I did all you suggested to no avail, cleared out all the logs under
> EVENTS.
> Ran the program manually ( it started and ran fine ) but it put
> nothing in the event's log even after using 'refresh' nothing
> appeared. It did add to the TS log however.
>
> I put the machine in S-3 standby to see if it would wake up and run,
> it wouldn't. Then I shut it off entirely to see if it would wake up
> from that state and run and it wouldn't.
>
> The easiest thing at this point is just to click the Auslogics icon
> and run it when I please. There seems to be no resolution to what
> should be a simple problem, even with all your expert help we can't
> crack it. I should mention I am using the TS under the
> NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM if that matters. Having a p/w on it never seemed to
> make a difference.
>
> The TS will run IF the machine is already on, other than that, at
> least on this machine it's useless. On older machines I was able to
> get it run things with no trouble, now for some reason it's being
> impossibly difficult for no apparent reason.
>
> Regards,
>
> J T

Check the Task Properties, Settings tab and check the box to Wake the
computer to run this task.

If the system is in Stand By and the Task is configured properly, it
will wake the computer and run the task. Any task.

There will will be info in the Task log, and in the Auslogics log.
This is what I see when I used set Auslogics to run a task a few
minutes in the future, then I adjusted the Task Properties by hand to
Wake the computer to run the task (you can't set this property for the
task using Auslogics) and put my computer in Stand By - then waited 3
minutes:

"Auslogics Boost Speed Disk Defrag Console
Defragmentation.job" (cdefrag.exe)
Started 3/15/2010 7:32:12 AM
"Auslogics Boost Speed Disk Defrag Console
Defragmentation.job" (cdefrag.exe)
Finished 3/15/2010 7:32:28 AM
Result: The task completed with an exit code of (0).

If you do not set the Wake the computer to run this task box in the
Task Properties by hand, the task will never come out of Stand By to
run. If you check the box, the task will wake the computer and run.

If the computer is turned off the task will of course not run.

If the computer is in Hibernate, the task may or may not run depending
on your hardware. That has nothing to do with Auslogics or Task
Scheduler.

You should leave the Task credentials and NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. That
account has no password.
From: J Tinsby on 15 Mar 2010 12:18
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:46:53 -0700 (PDT), Jose <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Check the Task Properties, Settings tab and check the box to Wake the
>computer to run this task.
>
>If the system is in Stand By and the Task is configured properly, it
>will wake the computer and run the task. Any task.
>
>There will will be info in the Task log, and in the Auslogics log.
>This is what I see when I used set Auslogics to run a task a few
>minutes in the future, then I adjusted the Task Properties by hand to
>Wake the computer to run the task (you can't set this property for the
>task using Auslogics) and put my computer in Stand By - then waited 3
>minutes:
>
>"Auslogics Boost Speed Disk Defrag Console
>Defragmentation.job" (cdefrag.exe)
> Started 3/15/2010 7:32:12 AM
>"Auslogics Boost Speed Disk Defrag Console
>Defragmentation.job" (cdefrag.exe)
> Finished 3/15/2010 7:32:28 AM
> Result: The task completed with an exit code of (0).
>
>If you do not set the Wake the computer to run this task box in the
>Task Properties by hand, the task will never come out of Stand By to
>run. If you check the box, the task will wake the computer and run.
>
>If the computer is turned off the task will of course not run.
>
>If the computer is in Hibernate, the task may or may not run depending
>on your hardware. That has nothing to do with Auslogics or Task
>Scheduler.
>
>You should leave the Task credentials and NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. That
>account has no password.


Hello Jose ,

Well I am hoping to get the TS to run the defrag when the machine is
on standby , yes it is set to wake up the machine to run the process.

As far as Auslogics they promised twice to answer my questions but
never did, they are a bit of a disappoinment as far as I am concerned.
If they don't have tech support for a free program they should just
say so and not lie and say "we'll get back to you in 24 to 48 hours."

Maybe I am expecting the TS to run the program EXACTLY AT THE TIME I
HAVE IT SET FOR................. maybe for whatever reason it won't
start then but many minutes later. But if the machine is on standby
it's not doing anything else I would think it would start relatively
quickly.

J T
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