Scheduled Task Password Problem

[HankL]

When I attempt to set a Scheduled Task I receive the following error message:

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

I understand for security reasons you must put in a password. I recently
had to re-install the O/S. I use the computer at home and I did not want to
put in a password to use in Administrator each time I boot up the computer.

Is there anyplace in the registry that I can make an adjustment for the
password for Scheduled Task in order for me to run Scheduled Task?

Thanks in advance for your assistance

HankL

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When I attempt to set a Scheduled Task I receive the following error
message:

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

I understand for security reasons you must put in a password. I recently
had to re-install the O/S. I use the computer at home and I did not want
to
put in a password to use in Administrator each time I boot up the
computer.

Is there anyplace in the registry that I can make an adjustment for the
password for Scheduled Task in order for me to run Scheduled Task?

Thanks in advance for your assistance

HankL

There are a couple of ways to solve this problem:
a) Create a dedicated account to be used for the Task Scheduler.
This is what most SysAdmins do.
b) Get the machine to log you on automatically. Type Start / Run,
then type
control userpasswords2{OK}.
Now click your account and untick the box that requires you
to enter a password. Click OK and type your password when
prompted.

 

[Gus]

There are a couple of ways to solve this problem:
a) Create a dedicated account to be used for the Task Scheduler.
This is what most SysAdmins do.
b) Get the machine to log you on automatically. Type Start / Run,
then type
control userpasswords2{OK}.
Now click your account and untick the box that requires you
to enter a password. Click OK and type your password when
prompted.


Try this.......http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/Autologon.mspx

 

[Snapper]

HankL wrote...

When I attempt to set a Scheduled Task I receive the following error message:
[chomp..]

I understand for security reasons you must put in a password. I recently

The thing is I don't understand why this is or should be a requirement. It's a
home computer, not a mainframe controlling the USS Nimitz's fire and control
systems.

I wanted a scheduled task to open IE, load a URL that resets the VOIP adapter
then terminate. It told me that I had to enter a password. The login account
didn't have one. Windows just booted up and started to the desktop.

I edited the login account and set a password. So now when it starts I have to
go through that login process as well. In the meantime I was able to enter a
scheduled task which I've since discovered can activate at the most inopportune
time as the damned thing opens full screen, not minimised as I requested in the
config and sometimes it does it while someone's on the phone and disconnects
them.

When it's She Who Must Be Obeyed the consequences can be dire...

So, I removed the account password and disabled the scheduled task and I do it
manually every few days.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

HankL wrote...

When I attempt to set a Scheduled Task I receive the following error
message:
[chomp..]

I understand for security reasons you must put in a password. I recently

The thing is I don't understand why this is or should be a requirement.
It's a
home computer, not a mainframe controlling the USS Nimitz's fire and
control
systems.

I wanted a scheduled task to open IE, load a URL that resets the VOIP
adapter
then terminate. It told me that I had to enter a password. The login
account
didn't have one. Windows just booted up and started to the desktop.

I edited the login account and set a password. So now when it starts I
have to
go through that login process as well. In the meantime I was able to enter
a
scheduled task which I've since discovered can activate at the most
inopportune
time as the damned thing opens full screen, not minimised as I requested
in the
config and sometimes it does it while someone's on the phone and
disconnects
them.

When it's She Who Must Be Obeyed the consequences can be dire...

So, I removed the account password and disabled the scheduled task and I
do it
manually every few days.

You could solve all of your problems in one fell swoop: Use a
dedicated account to run your scheduled task. End of story.