Try reinstalling - logged in as the administrator.  Try both domain and local 
administrator see if that clears up both problems.
I've seen even when a user was in the administrator group but not the 
administrator that programs were run at the users security
level.

Sal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Klein, Robert (NIH/CIT)
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:04 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: TSM Scheduler under Windows XP
>
>
> We have noticed that for at least some of our XP machines, the TSM scheduler
> does not appear to run unless the user is logged on.  Because users here are
> asked to logoff before they go home once a week in order for windows
> security patches to be pushed to their machines, that means their pcs are
> not getting backed up that night (most backups here are scheduled for right
> before midnight).  We have noticed similar behavior for McAfee antivirus --
> scheduled virus checks don't occur unless the user is logged on, so it might
> not be a tsm specific issue.  Has anyone else run into this, or is there
> something wrong with the way we have the scheduler service set up on our xp
> machines?
>
> Thanks.
>