Scheduled Task Credentials

[Guest]

I have a few scheduled tasks on a machine that run as a local user. The
problem is that after these tasks are created, the hostname of the machine is
subject to change. I am installing these tasks using jt.exe which always
hard-codes the current computername into the credentials for the user. Once
the hostname changes, the tasks are still using the old hostname and are
therefore invalid.

Surely tasks can be configured to run as a local user regardless of the
current or future hostname of the machine. Is this not possible?

Thanks,
Will

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a few scheduled tasks on a machine that run as a local user. The
problem is that after these tasks are created, the hostname of the machine is
subject to change. I am installing these tasks using jt.exe which always
hard-codes the current computername into the credentials for the user. Once
the hostname changes, the tasks are still using the old hostname and are
therefore invalid.

Surely tasks can be configured to run as a local user regardless of the
current or future hostname of the machine. Is this not possible?

Thanks,
Will

You need to recreate the tasks on each machine. AFAIR, you can
specify the user & domain name with jt.exe.