Scheduled tasks not running

[Guest]

I’m running xp home edition. It has been configured to start up in the administrators account. I have set no password set up , so there is no prompt for login and ect. When I set scheduler to run a program it does not run. In schedulers dialogue box the error massage “The scheduled task did not run because no user account password was entered.†Is displayed… how do I enter a blank password? Can someone please tell me how to get scheduler to work, preferably without changing my startup/login or setting passwords to the account?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Recommended action: Set a password for the user account. Useful in the security context/

310715 - Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715

Workaround from Kelly:
Backup your registry before modifying. Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Value name: limitblankpassworduse
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)

It is enabled by default. Disable it and scheduled tasks should run.

-or-
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g...-8&[email protected]

Implications of this tweak - must see:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&[email protected]

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php


I’m running xp home edition. It has been configured to start up in the administrators account. I have set no password set up , so there is no prompt for login and ect. When I set scheduler to run a program it does not run. In schedulers dialogue box the error massage “The scheduled task did not run because no user account password was entered.†Is displayed… how do I enter a blank password? Can someone please tell me how to get scheduler to work, preferably without changing my startup/login or setting passwords to the account?