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After you have installed W2KSP4 on a Windows 2000 server the Task Scheduler Service is stopped and can not be started. The following message will appear:
“Error 2147750673: Corruption was detected in the Task Scheduler security database; the database has been reset”

The only solution to this problem what I have found is to uninstall W2KSP4 reboot the server and install W2KSP4 again. Reboot the server after installation, now the Task Scheduler Service starts normally.

Is this the only solution?

It's at least the most easiest solution
Whatever went wrong during the first time (caused by wathever), the SP4 Installation fixed it. Possible some older scheduled task were corrupt.

Actually, we've succeeded resolving this problem by re-installing SP4 only once. In the other cases to problem remains.

So we definitely need another solution.

Strangely enough, a solution to this problem is not found on the internet.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Greetz,

P.

I had same problem. I tried installing SP4, twice. After reviewing the Windows Event Log, it was fairly obvious that the problem started immediately after applying a series of security updates from Microsoft. Removing 841873 fixed my problem.

By the date of previous posts, this isn't going to everyone's solution.

In hopes of not having to keep the server down long enough to remove and reinstall SP4, I tried removing 841873 as well -- one reboot, and it worked great.