"Service Is Not Responding to the Control Function" Starting the Scheduler Service (227404)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 3.51

This article was previously published under Q227404

SYMPTOMS

If the Task Scheduler service is stopped and you later attempt to start it, you may receive the following error message:
The Service is not responding to the Control Function
More Help is Available by Typing NET HELPMSG 2186

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, make sure that the Read-Only attribute is not set on the Schedlog.txt file in the %SystemRoot% folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/6/2003
Keywords:kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB227404