Rats, 884573 n/a to WINXP Home! "Access dened"

[Michael Horowitz]

I'm running WINXP Home.
I'm trying to use the scheduler and it gives me"0x89970005:Access is
denied"
Googled for it and thought I found _Exactly_ what I was looking for,
article 884573, which told me how to find Gpedit.msc and do a
'workaround'
Unfortunately, the article didn't say this was N/A to WINxp-Home; had
to find THAT out by more digging.

anyone know a workaround to get to scheduler to run? - Mike

 

[Nepatsfan]

In (e-mail address removed) Michael Horowitz
wrote:

I'm running WINXP Home.
I'm trying to use the scheduler and it gives
me"0x89970005:Access is denied"
Googled for it and thought I found _Exactly_ what I was
looking for, article 884573, which told me how to find
Gpedit.msc and do a 'workaround'
Unfortunately, the article didn't say this was N/A to
WINxp-Home; had to find THAT out by more digging.

anyone know a workaround to get to scheduler to run? - Mike

Does your user account have a password? If it doesn't, add one
and try to schedule your task.

As stated in the "More Information" section of that KB article,
XP requires an account with a non-blank password in order to
create a scheduled task. There's a workaround for this
restriction but it opens a huge hole in your computer's
security.

Note: If you're system is setup to automatically logon your
user account, adding a password will prevent this from
happening. In order to get back to logging on automatically, do
the following:

Go to Start -> Run.
Copy and paste the following into the Open box:

control userpasswords2

Click OK.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Users must enter a user
name and password to use this computer".
In the "Users of this computer" box, click on the User you want
to have logged on automatically.
Now, go back and uncheck "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer".
Click OK.
In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on
earlier is entered next to User Name.
Enter your password twice.
Click OK.
Reboot to see if you get the desired results.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Michael Horowitz]

Nepatsfan -

Thanks for the suggestion.
I made a checkpoint and followed your directions.
When it rebooted, the following occurred:
- Froze at the 'Windows is starting up..." screen.
- I pressed reset and it rebooted.
- Error message appeared: "One of your discs needs to be checked for
consistency...". and the check proceedes
- Screen message appears: "System could not log you on, make sure
username and domain are ...."
- Press 'OK"
- The "To begin, click username" screen appears.

The original scheduler problem was unresolved.

I restored to the checkpoint.

Any suggestions are appreciated. - Mike

 

[Michael Horowitz]

If it's any help in the analysis I did the following:
- made a new user with limited privileges and requiring password
- had new user build a task
- logged on as new user
- the task ran when I pressed 'Run'.

I"ve assigned myself Admin privileges and made it so I don't have to
enter a password. I've been trying to run the scheduler as Admin.
Could could the process of not requiring a pw be the cause of my
problem ?- MIke

 

[Nepatsfan]

Instead of testing it by selecting Run from the menu, try the
following:

Logon with the new account.
Create a new task.
In the program box, click on Paint, hit the Next button.
Click on "One time only", click Next.
Change the time so the task runs 10 minutes in the future, hit
Next.
Make sure the new account is listed as the user name, enter the
password twice and hit the Next button.
Click Finish.

If Paint opens in a few minutes, then you know it's working
correctly.

Note: After the test runs successfully, you can go back and
delete this task.

Nepatsfan


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[Michael Horowitz]

Geeze I have egg on my face.
The application behind the tasks I was trying to run had been
previously deleted.
Thanks for taking the time. - Mike

 

[Nepatsfan]

No problem. Thanks for letting me know what happened.

Nepatsfan

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