Windows 7: Using schtasks to run on a WinServer2003

Question

Hello,

I need to run several scheduled tasks remotely on a WinServer2003 machine. When my OS was WinXP-32 it worked quite fine with a command like "schtasks /run /s \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx /tn ScheduledTaskName".

Now I upgraded my OS to Win7-64 and I always get errors like "Host not found" while with a WinXP system the remote call still works fine.

I have the credentials for a quite powerful user on the server. I can explore its file System without a special login and the command "schtasks /query /s \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" lists all the scheduled tasks on the server correctly.

Answer 1

I found a workaround for this problem. I copied an old version (Windows XP 32bit) of schtasks.exe to my System and used it for the call. It worked. Weird. Bug or feature?