If you are looking for high level protection to your backups use TDE[Transparent data encrytion which is more powerfull than passwords]

Please create a view with schema binding option on problem table so that u came to know what is going on.

Also disable local security policy on your machine.

You can also kick off job on server B using OSQL with Xp_cnmdshell by keeping this as second step of first job on server...

The best option is disable publication and enable with new article[If it is samll db] Even in 2005 we can intialize schema with...

We need check backup failures ,out of space issue ,checkdb corruption,

log file full, everything whcih contain errors. and you can check backup abnd resotore completion time . killed...

Please delete and recreate maintplan and let me know the status.

sp_browsereplcmds

Returns a result set in a readable version of the replicated commands stored in the distribution database. This stored procedure is executed at the Distributor on the distribution database.

plese set db status to emerngy mode and export data and run repair