I have no difficulty establishing a schedule task to defrag computer that
uses XP-Pro, SP3. However, the setup procedure demands I enter a password
and fails because I don't. I don't enter a password because I do not use a
Windows password and therefore have no password to give it. Ergo, the task
never runs. Is this a Catch-22 in Windows, or am I missing something?

The scheduler will not run unless you have at least one account that has a
password.
So create a new account and give it a password or password protect your
account.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"Help with scheduling issue" <Help with scheduling
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>I have no difficulty establishing a schedule task to defrag computer that
> uses XP-Pro, SP3. However, the setup procedure demands I enter a password
> and fails because I don't. I don't enter a password because I do not use
> a
> Windows password and therefore have no password to give it. Ergo, the
> task
> never runs. Is this a Catch-22 in Windows, or am I missing something?

Turns out it IS a Catch-22.

"JS" wrote:

> The scheduler will not run unless you have at least one account that has a
> password.
> So create a new account and give it a password or password protect your
> account.
>
> JS
> http://www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "Help with scheduling issue" <Help with scheduling
> (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B2FA5F19-1B04-4739-8EE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have no difficulty establishing a schedule task to defrag computer that
> > uses XP-Pro, SP3. However, the setup procedure demands I enter a password
> > and fails because I don't. I don't enter a password because I do not use
> > a
> > Windows password and therefore have no password to give it. Ergo, the
> > task
> > never runs. Is this a Catch-22 in Windows, or am I missing something?
>
>
>

"Help with scheduling issue" <Help with scheduling
(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have no difficulty establishing a schedule task to defrag computer that
> uses XP-Pro, SP3. However, the setup procedure demands I enter a password
> and fails because I don't. I don't enter a password because I do not use
> a
> Windows password and therefore have no password to give it. Ergo, the
> task
> never runs. Is this a Catch-22 in Windows, or am I missing something?

It's the default behaviour for the Windows Task Scheduler, and it's there
for security reasons.

You *can* disable it, but this is a bad idea, again for security reasons.

It's much better to just add a password to your account, then use tweakUI or
"control userpasswords2" to set Autologon.

http://www.internetfixes.com/xp_automatic_logon/

HTH
-pk

"Help with scheduling issue"
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> Turns out it IS a Catch-22.

No, it's not a catch-22, it's just a not-very-well documented security
feature.

Most of the clearest documentation on it comes from 3rd party
knowledgebases, in the form of answers to "my scheduled backup or virus scan
didn't run".

HTH
-pk

>
> "JS" wrote:
>
>> The scheduler will not run unless you have at least one account that has
>> a
>> password.
>> So create a new account and give it a password or password protect your
>> account.
>>
>> JS
>> http://www.pagestart.com
>>
>>
>> "Help with scheduling issue" <Help with scheduling
>> (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:B2FA5F19-1B04-4739-8EE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have no difficulty establishing a schedule task to defrag computer
>> >that
>> > uses XP-Pro, SP3. However, the setup procedure demands I enter a
>> > password
>> > and fails because I don't. I don't enter a password because I do not
>> > use
>> > a
>> > Windows password and therefore have no password to give it. Ergo, the
>> > task
>> > never runs. Is this a Catch-22 in Windows, or am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>