Automatic updates task not being generated

[gibbie99]

We have a installer with auto updates enabled. We have it installed on 4 sites without issue, but on the 5th site, running Server 2008 R2, the scheduled task was not created to run updates. I do not have access to the site, nor was I able to investigate the nature of the issue.

What are the reasons the generation of the scheduled task could fail? Ie OS? Permissions?

How can I diagnose the issue further - ie is there any way I can see output from the attempt to create the scheduled task?

I am using the enclosed script to generate the scheduled task.

[FrancescoT]

Dear Gibbie99,

if the same script runs fine on all systems but exclusively fails on a single system, I don't believe the problem can be caused by your script.

Yes it could be a permission issue, due an active security policy or even by an active Anti Virus.
You may try to monitor the setup process using "Process Monitor". This should report if the problem is caused by a permission issue.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

Hope this helps you.

Regards