MS Backup - you don't have permission to perform the requested...

[Dennis_S]

Just install XP SP3. My user account is a member of the Administrators
group. I do not have a password to log on. This is a home computer and it's
a pain to type in a password for home use.

I am attempting to set up a schedule MS Backup job to backup my PST file to
an external USB drive. When I am prompted to enter a passord, whether I
leave the password fields blank or enter a passord, I get the error -

An error has occured while attempting to set task account information. The
specific error is - 0x80070005 Access is denied. You do not have permission
to perform the requested operation.

What am I missing?

Thanks.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Just install XP SP3. My user account is a member of the
Administrators group. I do not have a password to log on. This is
a home computer and it's a pain to type in a password for home use.

I am attempting to set up a schedule MS Backup job to backup my PST
file to an external USB drive. When I am prompted to enter a
passord, whether I leave the password fields blank or enter a
passord, I get the error -

An error has occured while attempting to set task account
information. The specific error is - 0x80070005 Access is denied.
You do not have permission to perform the requested operation.

What am I missing?

It's a pain to type in the password, really? Although I have no idea what
'home use' has to do with it. *shrug* no biggie - your choice. Havuing a
password of "a" seems pretty easy to me though. *grin*

Scheduled task limitation in Windows XP Home/Professional... Need a
password. If you are the only user - you could assign a password to your
account and setup an automatic logon - then you could continue not typing it
in but have one at least.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/kb00310715.aspx
http://www.theeldergeek.com/scheduled_tasks_password.htm

There is a hack - I don't recommend it:
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1840-password-is-requested-when-using-scheduled-tasks

More people asking the same question over the years...
http://groups.google.com/groups?q="Windows+XP"+"scheduled+task"+need+password

Let us know if that helps!