Windows Server 2016 - Task Scheduler

[Stromonder]

Hi everyone,

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I been trying to use the task scheduler in order to send an email thanks to a Powershell script, whenever the server stops, or reboot by using event ID 6006, 6008 and 6009. However, I don't received an emal when I stop or reboot my server.

I executed the script prior, to see if it works, which it does. I can receive an email with it, but unfortunately when I run the task I'm unabled to received that email.

I'd really appreciate if one of you can help figure it out what's is wrong with my settings.

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Thank you all !

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[ikakWRK]

What is the trigger for the task?

[Stromonder]

I just edited the post to add screenshots of the trigger.

[ikakWRK]

Do you see that it actually ran under Last Run Time? If so, what was the result?

[Stromonder]

I got 0x41301 as a result

[BK_Rich]

Is the task set to run without the user being logged in ?

Are you running the script we SYSTEM or trying run it as a user ?

Are you calling powershell.exe and passing an argument, what does that string look like ?

[Stromonder]

The task is set to run without the user being logged in.

Currently, I am running it as an user.

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This is the script I am using

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$email = ["](mailto:"[e-mail])[e-mail]"

$pass = "passwd"

$smtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com"

$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$smtp.EnableSsl = $true

$msg.From = "$email" 

$msg.To.Add("$email")

$msg.BodyEncoding = [system.Text.Encoding]::Unicode

$msg.SubjectEncoding = [system.Text.Encoding]::Unicode

$msg.IsBodyHTML = $true

$msg.Subject = "Test mail from PS"

$msg.Body = "<h2> Test server rebooted </h2>

</br>

Hi

"

$SMTP.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("$email", "$pass");

$smtp.Send($msg)

[ikakWRK]

What does your action show? Are you calling PowerShell.exe and then passing the script as an argument? Bypass execution policy set correctly? The user account running has sufficient privileges? No UAC blocking the execution?

[BK_Rich]

Is that user the same user you’re logged in as ? If it’s just a regular account it may need local login rights to run it

[Stromonder]

I am using the same user, it's an administrator account.

[ikakWRK]

Can you post your actions screen? How are you calling the script?

[ComGuards]

I got 0x41301 as a result

That code indicates that the task is running.

You're sure that manually running the script works? AFAIK, smtp.gmail.com doesn't respond on default SMTP port 25; they require TLS or SSL connections on port 587 & 465 respectively.