Scheduled Task

[Guest]

Hello all,

I am trying to get scheduled tasks to work all the time but for some reason
it is not easy. I tried to schedule a task via wizard and it worked great.
The only problem is that it only works if the user that the scheduled taks is
runnning for has the credentials in. Everytime a person changes their
password the task stops funtioning. I tried using the AT command but it does
not work without credentials I am assuming. This is the command

AT 00:00 /INTEREACTIVE /EVERY:M,T,W,Th.F C:\mydoc.bat

It returns an error 4 code. I tried just setting the credentials to be an
administrator but it doesn't work either. Any help really appreciated.

Marcos

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello all,

I am trying to get scheduled tasks to work all the time but for some reason
it is not easy. I tried to schedule a task via wizard and it worked great.
The only problem is that it only works if the user that the scheduled taks is
runnning for has the credentials in. Everytime a person changes their
password the task stops funtioning. I tried using the AT command but it does
not work without credentials I am assuming. This is the command

AT 00:00 /INTEREACTIVE /EVERY:M,T,W,Th.F C:\mydoc.bat

It returns an error 4 code. I tried just setting the credentials to be an
administrator but it doesn't work either. Any help really appreciated.

Marcos

The reference to c:\Mydoc.bat tells us nothing. What's the contents
of this file?

 

[Guest]

sorry about that. The content of the file is this "xcopy
C:\DOCUME~1\administrator\MYDOCU~1\*.* H:\administrator\*.* /C /V /F /I /E /K
/H /Y >C:\copylog.txt"

I am trying to use it wihtout having to put in any credentials. It is a lot
easier for me to telnet into the machine and then start the task that way.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

If you schedule this job with at.exe then it will run under the System
account. This account has no access rights to networked resources.

You should do this:
- Create an account used especially for running scheduled jobs but
never for foreground sessions.
- Give this account sufficient privileges to access all the required
resources (e.g. drive H.
- Use the Task Scheduler to schedule the job.
- Specify the above account when scheduling the job.

I also suggest you remove some of the switches from the xcopy command.
They appear to be superfluous.

xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My documents"
"H:\Administrator\"
/C /E /K /H /Y >C:\copylog.txt"

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info. Is there no way to use the AT command with credentials.
As you probably know it is a lot easier to add things via telnet than it
would by going to each individual computer.


Thanks again
Marcos

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The "Advanced" tab in the Task Scheduler lets you set the account
to be used by at.exe.