Scheduled Tasks: Notify me of missed tasks

I've set "Notify me of missed tasks" in "Scheduled tasks". Of course,
none of my tasks have been missed ever since, so I'm left wondering what
form the notification will take. Can anyone tell me what to look out for?

I could construct a task that deliberately fails, but I enjoy the
modicum of social interaction that I get here. :-)

Oh yes, Happy New Year.

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Swifty wrote:
> I've set "Notify me of missed tasks" in "Scheduled tasks". Of
> course, none of my tasks have been missed ever since, so I'm left
> wondering what form the notification will take. Can anyone tell me
> what to look out for?
> I could construct a task that deliberately fails, but I enjoy the
> modicum of social interaction that I get here. :-)

Google search for:
what does "Notify me of missed tasks" do

Gives you:
http://www.google.com/search?q=what+does+"Notify+me+of+missed+tasks"+do

Which could lead to:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc779190.aspx

Which tells you:
"If you enable the Notify Me of Missed Tasks setting, the missed tasks
dialog box displays at the foreground of the computer display, in front of
the logon screen, when there are missed tasks to report. Anyone who sits at
the computer can view the list of missed tasks."

You might also look at:
http://girtby.net/archives/2005/08/0...-and-breakage/

Which informs you:
"Contrary to its name, the Notify Me of Missed Tasks option notifies you
only of Task Scheduler's failure, not of individual missed tasks. Tasks that
fail to run because of corrupt or missing executables don't kick off a
notification."

And other than knowing it will popup with a message if a task is missed -
you might want to know other ways to check for failed/missed scheduled
tasks:

How to troubleshoot scheduled tasks in Windows XP and in Windows Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308558

Hope that clears things up for you...

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Shenan Stanley wrote:
> And other than knowing it will popup with a message if a task is missed -
> you might want to know other ways to check for failed/missed scheduled
> tasks:
>
> How to troubleshoot scheduled tasks in Windows XP and in Windows Server
> 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308558

It looks like my best bet would be to scan SchedLgU.txt
I'll create a scheduled task to scan it and notify me of problems.
I'm getting vague feelings that there's a flaw in my logic somewhere.

Thanks.

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Steve Swift
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