Scheduled task disabled on own

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I have a scheduled task on a Windows 2000 server that copies data from a UNIX
server to the Windows server via FTP. This batch file has always worked and
July 31, 2008 the schedule was changed to take into account for our month end
processing to run at a different time for a few days per month. There are 90
some schedules in the job depending on the number of days in the month. The
job ran perfectly and then without anyone knowing it just became disabled on
Sept. 11, 2008.

Has anyone ever heard of a scheduled task just disabling on its own? The
job will stop if it runs for more than 9 hours, but normally only takes about
1 hour to run. The job also runs as the network domain admin with the proper
password as this hasn't changed since early in 2008.

What should I look for
 
Marty Mash said:
I have a scheduled task on a Windows 2000 server that copies data from a
UNIX
server to the Windows server via FTP. This batch file has always worked
and
July 31, 2008 the schedule was changed to take into account for our month
end
processing to run at a different time for a few days per month. There are
90
some schedules in the job depending on the number of days in the month.
The
job ran perfectly and then without anyone knowing it just became disabled
on
Sept. 11, 2008.

Has anyone ever heard of a scheduled task just disabling on its own? The
job will stop if it runs for more than 9 hours, but normally only takes
about
1 hour to run. The job also runs as the network domain admin with the
proper
password as this hasn't changed since early in 2008.

What should I look for
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This will happen when standard time changes to summer time and vice versa
but only on systems that use the FAT32 file system for the system volume.
You can restore the tasks by re-entering the appropriate passwords. By the
way, seeing that it took you 9 months to catch up with the problem, you
might want to create a monthly reminder (e.g. in Outlook) to remind you to
check all scheduled tasks. Your reputation as a system administrator gets
enhanced if you discover (and fix!) problems before your boss does.
 
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