Task Scheduler service properties are grayed out in Windows Vista
March 4th, 2008 • Filed Under • by Ramesh Srinivasan
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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Comment by Michael on 27 June 2008:
Thank you so much! I used the article that led me to this (http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/242/1/Error-0×80070032-when-creating-a-System-Restore-point-in-Windows-Vista.html#postedcomment) which half worked, and when I used this article the problem was solved!
Thanks again!
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