How-to-import-a-scheduled-task-from-windows-2003-job-to-windows-2008-xml

Where you got your job files was probably c:\windows\tasks, however under Vista there is a new place the xml files exist. (Under c:\windows\system32\tasks) Try looking there on your old machine if possible.
HOWEVER, there is a way if you can't get to the original machine easily.

• You will need 2 files off an XP machine (Schtasks.exe and Schedsvc.dll) they are both in the Windows\System32 folder, copy them to USB and thats all you need from XP.
• Now on your Vista machine. Put them in their own directory on your vista machine (lets say you make a directory called c:\sch and put those 2 files in there) DO NOT overwrite the vista ones in c:\windows\system32.
• Rename your job files Tasks1.job, Tasks2.job, Tasks3.job, Tasks.job and copy them into c:\windows\tasks
• Open up a command prompt (Start Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator)
• Now to touch over the new .job files to get vistas scheduler to take on the parameters.
• In your command prompt
  type in cd c:\sch then enter (for our example)
• Now for each job type in schtasks /change /TN "Tasks1" /RU k0p0nkkk /RP k0p0nkkk (Changing the Test1 to Test2, Test3, Test4 for our example) The /RP and /RU values will have to change, thats a username and password (RP being password, RU Being User)
• You should receive the message SUCCESS: The parameters of scheduled task "Test1" have been changed. for each job.

When done close your command prompt. From there Windows scheduler now knows about these, and you can use the windows Gui to update their names, and who they run as.