Windows Task Scheduler does not start task at next run time

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Published on 2012-06-19T03:10:41Z Indexed on 2012/06/19 3:17 UTC
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I have a Windows Server 2008 SP 2 Task Scheduler task that should run every 10 minutes.

The trigger says "At 6:50 PM every day - After triggered, repeat every 10 minutes for a duration of 1 day."

Looking at the Next Run Time, it says 6/18/2012 8:00 PM. However, when I let that time pass, the Next Run Time just changes to 8:10 PM but the task has not started and the Last Run Time is unchanged from yesterday.

How can I get this task to run every 10 minutes when enabled no matter what.

Similarly, I have other tasks that need to run on slightly different schedules:

Every 30 minutes (5:30, 6:00, 6:30, etc)
Every 30 minutes (5:35, 6:05, 6:35, etc)

How can I define these intervals? And why does the task not start at the indicated Next Run Time?

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