Windows 7: Using schtasks to run on a WinServer2003

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I need to run several scheduled tasks remotely on a WinServer2003 machine. When my OS was WinXP-32 it worked quite fine with a command like "schtasks /run /s \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx /tn ScheduledTaskName".

Now I upgraded my OS to Win7-64 and I always get errors like "Host not found" while with a WinXP system the remote call still works fine.

I have the credentials for a quite powerful user on the server. I can explore its file System without a special login and the command "schtasks /query /s \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" lists all the scheduled tasks on the server correctly.

user48859

Posted 2010-09-09T08:14:39.923

Reputation: 11

Answers

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I found a workaround for this problem. I copied an old version of schtasks.exe (Windows XP 32bit) to my System and used it for the call. It worked. Weird. Bug or feature?

user48859

Posted 2010-09-09T08:14:39.923

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