If you can reproduce it, maybe in a development environment, it would be useful to run a trace to see what is actually occurring.

We're getting ready to do this for a clustered instance with very large databases and replication and the steps to do this were developed along with support from Microsoft. ...

That's a good idea since I'm sure that's how these publications are set up anyway. We have to take the databases offline and make sure everything has been processed...

This will show you if it is still an active trace.

SELECT @@ServerName, * FROM :: fn_trace_getinfo(default)

These are both required to stop it completely.

EXEC sp_trace_setstatus @traceid = 2,

We use a VB script and xp_cmdshell. You have to get this from Windows one way or the other.

That's probably more complicated than it needs to be. You could use the import/export wizard by right-clickig on the source database and choosing Tasks > Export Data. It...

I was just getting ready to send the same link.

You also have to enable the profile on the SQL Agent properties, Alert System screen and restart the service.

When we moved to a new data center and upgraded from SS 2000 to 2005, I had to develop a custom log-shipping solution because the built-in could not be set...

There are a number of links in this post that may be applicable.

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=117683

It appears to be prios to CU1 for SP2. You may be able to determine the KB # from the installed programs list in Windows, by checking the option...

I'd run a trace and see what user/login is used to connect and run xp_cmdshell on that fourth server from the terminal services session.

We use a sanpshot for a weekly CheckDB of a very large production database. We capture the snapshot size before and after the CheckDB process using this query. ...

I'd look at security. When we first saw that error at my last job, it was because the SQL Agent account wasn't a sysadmin and didn't have read rights...

It might help to enable additional logging so you might get more information. Take a look at this,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312292