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MS Access won't run in scheduled task when logged off the system.

I have a complex MS Access program that pulls data from our AS400 system through ODBC and formats and appends it to a table in Access.  I created an automated piece that does the work so I don't have to log into the system on a daily basis at 5:00 AM to run this.  The Access program runs fine by itself when logged on, and when I right-click on the scheduled task and click "Run" it shows "running" for about 5 seconds, then stops - when I go into the db, all the data was properly updated.

I set it to run at a specific time, then I logged off.  I waited a few minutes after the designated time and logged on.  The task was stuck at "running" and would not quit, but it did not appear to be doing anything, there was 0% processor usage by MSACCESS.exe in the task manager.

I have set the task scheduler service to interact with the desktop and gave the specific task my own credentials, so I don't know why it's not running.  I created a logging function to write to a log table all the tasks that were done but the first one doesn't get written when it runs while I'm logged off, so I don't think it's an issue with my db.

Any ideas where I could start?

Server:  Windows 2000 Server
Office:   Office 2003 Professional
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