Add Scheduled Task wizard missing

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Bob

Has anyone seen an instance where the ability to add scheduled tasks doesn't exist? In the control panel, the icon is missing and if I right click and attempt to add one manually it does nothing. Existing tasks work, but I can't drag and drop new tasks created elsewhere into the list. This box is one of 200 I have, all go through the same change management for patches, etc, but none of the others exhibit this behavior. Any insight is greatly appreciated.
 
I had the same problem and spent about a half hour looking online for a solution.

The solution for WindowsXP is to add this line to your registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Task Scheduler5.0]
"Task Creation"=dword:00000000


Mine was set to "Task Creation"=dword:00000000, which tells windows to
DISALLOW task creation, so it completely disables the wizard as well. Hope this helps anyone that is looking this post.

--Fytos
 
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