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Task Scheduler may create corrupted job files

Symptoms

If you repeatedly add scheduled jobs by using the at command quickly, Task Scheduler may create corrupted job files. When this occurs, the job file is not run, and the following entry is recorded in the event log.
Event ID: 7901
Source: Schedule
Category: Error
Description: The
job filename command failed to start due to the following error: General access denied error.

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Resolution

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support
Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version         Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   18-Oct-2002  10:54  4.71.2195.6096  221,456  Mstask.dll
   18-Oct-2002  10:51  4.71.2195.6096  120,080  Mstask.exe

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

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More Information

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server product

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Keywords: kbautohotfix, kbhotfixserver, kbqfe, kbbug, kbfix, kbwin2000presp4fix, kbwin2000sp4fix, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 329962
Revision : 4
Created on : 5/17/2018
Published on : 5/17/2018
Exists online : False
Views : 135