totally unable to get cron to run anything

[UniformUser]

Running 11.8.1

 

copied the cron_test.php to my www folder

 

using this block:

 

 

[Test_cron_4]

start = 2012-09-21 2:10:00

period = 10

path = http://localhost/cron_test.php

ref =

Nothing happens, no matter how patiently I wait. Cron log looks like:

21/02/2016 16:41:34 ### Log End =============================================

21/02/2016 16:42:37 ### Log Start ===========================================

21/02/2016 18:28:59 ### Log End =============================================

21/02/2016 18:29:00 ### Log Start ===========================================

21/02/2016 18:29:23 ### Log End =============================================

21/02/2016 18:29:24 ### Log Start ===========================================

21/02/2016 19:44:07 ### Log End =============================================

21/02/2016 19:44:07 ### Log Start ===========================================

21/02/2016 19:47:20 ### Log End =============================================

21/02/2016 19:47:20 ### Log Start ===========================================

By virtue of me starting and stopping Cron manually. The example should be running every 10 seconds, right?

Any suggestions? I hoped by using this simplest scenario I might at least get something working so I could then tweak it to run what I actually want to run...

Also, thanks for the excellent software.

EDIT: It seems that the cron.ini changes weren't saving. Shutting down apache, mysql, and closing unicontroller, then editing cron.ini in notepad before restarting seems to have gotten the changes to take effect.