<p><b><img src="images/note.gif" width="15" height="17"> Note:</b> If you disable
the Task Manager, a task may miss its start time. To run the task, you must
<a href="atskmod.htm">reschedule</a> it. See <a href="ctskschd.htm">Understanding
scheduled tasks</a> for more about missed start times.
<h2>An example</h2>
<p>You schedule a verify task with an initial start time of Sunday, October
13, 2003 at 2:00 AM. Due to a power outage, the task misses its start time.
The Task Manager flags the error. The next day, you modify the task schedule
to run on Sunday October 20, 2003 at 2:00 AM. </p>
<h2> The Task Manager status</h2>
<p>If a scheduled task runs successfully, the Task Manager updates the "Status"
column in the task list with Complete. For <a href="grecur.htm">recurring tasks</a>,
an asterisk (*) indicates that the task has completed one cycle and is scheduled
to run again at the given interval. If a scheduled task does not run successfully,
the Task Manager:</p>
<ul>
<li>Updates the "Status" column in the task list with Error.</li>
<li>Updates the first column of the task list with a <img src="images/s_warn.gif" width="17" height="15">,
notifying you of a recoverable error (a warning message); it displays a <img src="images/s_error.gif" alt="Red X icon" width="16" height="16" align="absbottom">
if the error is non-recoverable (a critical error).</li>
</ul>
<p> To see details about the error, use <a href="atskprop.htm">View task properties</a>.
See <a href="ctskschd.htm">Understanding scheduled tasks</a> for more about
Task Manager status, start time validation, missed start times, and error conditions.
<h2>The Task Manager interface</h2>
<p>The Task Manager consists of the following:</p>
<dl>
<dt>Toolbar</dt>
<dd>Provides quick-path icons for common tasks.</dd>
<dt>Task list</dt>
<dd>Displays the scheduled tasks.</dd>
<dt>Task event viewer</dt>
<dd>Displays status information for the Task Manager.</dd>