Powershell script does not run via Scheduled Tasks

Question

I have a small script on my Domain Controller that is setup to email me via SMTP about the latest Security Event 4740.

The script, when executed manually, will run a

Answer 1

Although you may have already found a resolution to your issue, I'm still going to post this note to benefit someone else. I ran into a similar issue. I basically used a different domain account to test and compare. The task ran just fine with "Run whether user is logged on or not" checked.

A couple of things to keep in mind and make sure of:

1. The account being use to execute task must have "Logon as batch job" rights under the local security policy of the server (or be member of local Admin group). You must specified the account you need to run scripts/bat files.
2. Make sure you are entering the correct password characters
3. Tasks in 2008 R2 don't run interactively specially if you run them as "Run whether user is logged on or not". This will likely fail specially if on the script you are looking for any objects\resource specific to a user-profile when the task was created as the powershell session will need that info to start, otherwise it will start and immediately end. As an example for defining $Path when running script as "Run whether user is logged on or not" and I specify a mapped drive. It would look for that drive when the task kicks off, but since the user account validated to run task is not logged in and on the script you are referring back to a source\object that it needs to work against it is not present task will just terminate. mapped drive (\server\share) x:\ vs. Actual UNC path \server\share
4. Review your steps, script, arguments. Sometimes the smallest piece can make a big difference even if you have done this process many times. I have missed several times a character when entering the password or a semi-colon sometimes when building script or task.

Check this link and hopefully you or someone else can benefit from this info: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722152.aspx