Taskscheduler cannot be switched on

Task scheduler service is not available, (Vista Home Premium, SP2)
Message shows up a.o. when trying to run a backup.

In Services> Task scheduler>Properties first three tabs are fully grey,
i.e. no options can be selected. It is shown as switched off, and this
can not be changed.

Windows Event log, Remote procedure call and DCOM Service process
launcher are all on automatic and running.

In the event viewer I can not find anything that helps, although many
things in there are abacadabra to me...

Running Windows Vista disk in a repair mode does not change all this.

I have tried running sfc /scannow, no results. (ref KB 929833)
sfcdetails.txt remains empty.

System restore does not work either, reports error 0x80070032

I am running out of ideas.

Anybody a suggestion?


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Teun vW
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Task Scheduler service properties are grayed out in Windows Vista - The
Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ta...re-grayed-out/

Error 0x80070032 when creating a System Restore point in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html


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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]
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"Teun vW" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Task scheduler service is not available, (Vista Home Premium, SP2)
> Message shows up a.o. when trying to run a backup.
>
> In Services> Task scheduler>Properties first three tabs are fully grey,
> i.e. no options can be selected. It is shown as switched off, and this
> can not be changed.
>
> Windows Event log, Remote procedure call and DCOM Service process
> launcher are all on automatic and running.
>
> In the event viewer I can not find anything that helps, although many
> things in there are abacadabra to me...
>
> Running Windows Vista disk in a repair mode does not change all this.
>
> I have tried running sfc /scannow, no results. (ref KB 929833)
> sfcdetails.txt remains empty.
>
> System restore does not work either, reports error 0x80070032
>
> I am running out of ideas.
>
> Anybody a suggestion?
>
>
> --
> Teun vW
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Ramesh

Thanks, this worked fine. Apparently my Google search was not thoroug
enough, I did not spot your earlier replies to similar problems

Task scheduler is stil very gray, but on automatic now. And that i
what counts

Regard
Teu

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Teun v
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You're welcome Teun.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]
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"Teun vW" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Ramesh,
>
> Thanks, this worked fine. Apparently my Google search was not thorough
> enough, I did not spot your earlier replies to similar problems.
>
> Task scheduler is stil very gray, but on automatic now. And that is
> what counts!
>
> Regards
> Teun
>
>
> --
> Teun vW
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>