WS2003 SP2 stops scheduled tasks

Since we installed SP2 of WS2003 on one of our servers, most scheduled tasks
have stopped executing. The only tasks which continue to execute are the
system tasks for Shadow Copies.

The tasks will all start manually, it is the automated schedule which
doesn't work any more.

The only docs I can find on MS's website is to do with uninstalling this SP,
when apparently this does cause a similar situation. The hotfix is not easy
to get, and I have no idea if it applies to us in any case.

Apologies for wasting anyone's time.

The installation of SP2 was purely coincidental to the occurrence of
problems, and had nothing to do with this particular issue.

We installed drivers for our UPS at around the same time. This has caused
the power status of the server to change from "mains powered" to "battery
powered".

As most scheduled tasks have default settings that they will not run if the
server is running on batteries this caused the tasks to stop and this was
clearly logged in the task scheduler log. Changing the settings of the tasks
means they are now running again.

"NZSchoolTech" <> wrote in message
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> Since we installed SP2 of WS2003 on one of our servers, most scheduled
> tasks have stopped executing. The only tasks which continue to execute are
> the system tasks for Shadow Copies.
>
> The tasks will all start manually, it is the automated schedule which
> doesn't work any more.
>
> The only docs I can find on MS's website is to do with uninstalling this
> SP, when apparently this does cause a similar situation. The hotfix is not
> easy to get, and I have no idea if it applies to us in any case.