Task Scheduler

Microsoft is the worst for basic documentation on their software.

Does anyone happen to know where I can get a listing of Error codes returned
by the scheduler service and most importantly what they mean?

It's pretty sad when the industry standard for documnetation is PDF's and MS
has nothing.

You woul dthink they would develop a Administaratior guides for their OS's
just like every body else.

 

"Chris" <cisaksen@mail.nysed.gov> wrote in message
news:OHGe1sVMKHA.5880@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Microsoft is the worst for basic documentation on their software.
>
> Does anyone happen to know where I can get a listing of Error codes
> returned by the scheduler service and most importantly what they mean?
>
> It's pretty sad when the industry standard for documnetation is PDF's and
> MS has nothing.
>
> You woul dthink they would develop a Administaratior guides for their OS's
> just like every body else.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Sometimes standing on a soap box and preaching the gospel to the world
prevents you from seeing the facts. Here they are: The error code returned
by a scheduled task is generated by whatever command *you* run. If you
schedule xcopy.exe then the error code is generated by xcopy.exe. If it is
ntbackup.exe then the error code is generated by ntbackup.exe. No secrets
there. Now if you wish to find out WHY your task failed then you need to
give yourself some eyes. Instead of invoking robocopy.exe (for example)
directly, you could invoke it via a scheduled batch file:

@echo off
echo %date% %time% %UserName% >> c:\test.txt
robocopy /.. /.. /.. 1>>c:\test.txt 2>>&1

Looking at c:\test.txt will probably tell you what's wrong. If this does not
resolve your issue then you should post an adequate amount of details (same
as you demand from Microsoft), e.g.
- What exactly do you run under the Task Scheduler?
- What happens?
- What log files do you get?

 

Also check the logs for clues.

<=2003
Scheduled Tasks|Advanced|View Log
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>=2008<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
Server Manager|Diagnostics|Event Viewer|Application
Logs|Microsoft|Windows|TaskScheduler



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]



"Chris" wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Microsoft is the worst for basic documentation on their software.
>
> Does anyone happen to know where I can get a listing of Error codes
> returned by the scheduler service and most importantly what they mean?
>
> It's pretty sad when the industry standard for documnetation is PDF's and
> MS has nothing.
>
> You woul dthink they would develop a Administaratior guides for their OS's
> just like every body else.
>
>
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Yea, that the was the first thing I did unfortunately is just says the task
ended with error code (ffffffff).

Trying to find what these codes mean is never fun. I just wish MS would
develope a document for the task scheduler that expalines all the possible
error code that it code throw or better yet forget the code and just say
what the error is.




"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:O9P2eEcMKHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Also check the logs for clues.
>
> <=2003
> Scheduled Tasks|Advanced|View Log
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>=2008<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> Server Manager|Diagnostics|Event Viewer|Application
> Logs|Microsoft|Windows|TaskScheduler
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>
>
>
> "Chris" wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Microsoft is the worst for basic documentation on their software.
>>
>> Does anyone happen to know where I can get a listing of Error codes
>> returned by the scheduler service and most importantly what they mean?
>>
>> It's pretty sad when the industry standard for documnetation is PDF's and
>> MS has nothing.
>>
>> You woul dthink they would develop a Administaratior guides for their
>> OS's just like every body else.
>>
>>
>>
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Yea, that was the first thing I did but unfortunately it just says the task
returned error code (ffffffff).

Trying to find out what the error codes means is never fun. I just wish MS
would develop and Doc on what the codes are. Searching their web site has
been fustrating. What I would really liek to see is what the error is and
not the code.

Thanks



"Chris" <cisaksen@mail.nysed.gov> wrote in message
news:OHGe1sVMKHA.5880@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Microsoft is the worst for basic documentation on their software.
>
> Does anyone happen to know where I can get a listing of Error codes
> returned by the scheduler service and most importantly what they mean?
>
> It's pretty sad when the industry standard for documnetation is PDF's and
> MS has nothing.
>
> You woul dthink they would develop a Administaratior guides for their OS's
> just like every body else.
>
>
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

"Chris" <cisaksen@mail.nysed.gov> wrote in message
news:ueF0m%23hMKHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Yea, that was the first thing I did but unfortunately it just says the
> task returned error code (ffffffff).
>
> Trying to find out what the error codes means is never fun. I just wish
> MS would develop and Doc on what the codes are. Searching their web site
> has been fustrating. What I would really liek to see is what the error
> is and not the code.
>
> Thanks<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Try the tool I suggested in my first reply. It gives you precisely what you
want: The error, not the code.

 

The codes are not necessarily universal. They are generated by the
application, not Windows.



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]



"Chris" wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Yea, that the was the first thing I did unfortunately is just says the
> task ended with error code (ffffffff).
>
> Trying to find what these codes mean is never fun. I just wish MS would
> develope a document for the task scheduler that expalines all the possible
> error code that it code throw or better yet forget the code and just say
> what the error is. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->