When you open Services MMC (services.msc), the Task Scheduler service may be in a disabled state. Also, when I open the Task Scheduler properties page all the options may be grayed out, and you’re unable to set the Startup Type of Task Scheduler to Enabled.
In Windows Vista, the Task Scheduler service seems to be non-configurable using the GUI. To reset the Startup Type of the Task Scheduler service to the default setting, download the file scheduler.reg and save it to your Desktop. Then right-click on the file and choose Merge.
Alternately, you can try the SC command to configure services. For more information, see article Configure how a service is started at the Microsoft Technet site.
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Wow, that was some spot on advice. My sincere thanks. I read the stuff you told me to also. Thanks for the guidance, I’d have never figured that out.