Scheduled Tasks - won't keep the password

[Terry Pinnell]

Help!

I discovered by accident today that all my scheduled tasks (such as
some important nightly backups) were no longer working. On
examination, the Set Password box was empty for each one. I entered
and confirmed them all - but on later re-opening Properties, the
password is blank again.

FWIW, the Run As box contains TERRY\Terry.

How can I fix this please?

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Help!

I discovered by accident today that all my scheduled tasks (such as
some important nightly backups) were no longer working. On
examination, the Set Password box was empty for each one. I entered
and confirmed them all - but on later re-opening Properties, the
password is blank again.

FWIW, the Run As box contains TERRY\Terry.

How can I fix this please?

Although I made progress since my post last night, I'm still hoping to
get some help on this please.

Here's a screenshot:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/SchedTasks1.gif

After changes in Services, I was able to set the password and it
appeared to 'stick', with ***** in the boxes. And I was pleased to
find that I was then able to get the scheduled task running.

But on rebooting my PC, I'm surprised to see the password (and
confirmation) boxes *empty* again! Yet that task still seems to run.

So, could someone please check and see if their boxes are also empty?

If it's OK for them to be empty, that seems odd: how can you tell you
have set them? But if it *works*, I'll relax <g>.

 

[WTC]

Although I made progress since my post last night, I'm still hoping to
get some help on this please.

Here's a screenshot:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/SchedTasks1.gif

After changes in Services, I was able to set the password and it
appeared to 'stick', with ***** in the boxes. And I was pleased to
find that I was then able to get the scheduled task running.

But on rebooting my PC, I'm surprised to see the password (and
confirmation) boxes *empty* again! Yet that task still seems to run.

So, could someone please check and see if their boxes are also empty?

Yes, my password and user fields are *empty* even with a password/user set
in these fields.

 

[gerry]

When I had a similar problem on WinXP (wanted to run task without a
user/pw) I found and used the tweak from kelleys-korner

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm

Scan down the page for 'Scheduled Tasks - Applying/Running tasks
without a password'

Worked fine for me.

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Yes, my password and user fields are *empty* even with a password/user set
in these fields.

Thanks for taking the trouble, William. So it looks as if I have it
sorted.

But I'd be interested if anyone knows any more about this please.
Specifically, apart from testing a task (or waiting for it to fail),
how can you be sure it is set up OK? Mine were empty yesterday too,
and hadn't been working for two weeks. The only visible difference
(now they are working OK), is that if I re-enter my password, close
and re-open, then asterisks are present. That is, until a reboot, when
they disappear again!

 

[Terry Pinnell]

When I had a similar problem on WinXP (wanted to run task without a
user/pw) I found and used the tweak from kelleys-korner

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm

Scan down the page for 'Scheduled Tasks - Applying/Running tasks
without a password'

Worked fine for me.

Excellent, thanks.

 

[David Candy]

No it is not excellent. Anyone in the world will be able to log into your computer (Schedule Tasks is treated as an external user) if you have an well known account name without a password.