Scheduling tasks--default password

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I recently got a new dell pc with windows XP. I am trying to schedule tasks,
ie. scandisk, mcafee, etc, but it asks for my password. As I never
established a password, is there a default? I don't know where to find this.
Please help.
 
For WinXP Home
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line #67 - Run Scheduled tasks without PW – Home -

For WinXP Pro
Open the Control Panel - Admin Tasks - Local Security Policy.
In Local Policies - Security options, double click in the right pane on Accounts:
Limit local account use of blank passwords and set to disabled


Information concerning PWs

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

Task Scheduler Does Not Run Tasks When "Run As" User Account Has No Password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311119
 
Thank you so much Taurarian. That was a speedy reply!!!
What you suggested worked. I didn't realize that I would need a password at
all since the computer is not shared. I really appreciate your help.
Regards,
Ellen
 
You're welcome. Have a good weekend.
Kaylene
Thank you so much Taurarian. That was a speedy reply!!!
What you suggested worked. I didn't realize that I would need a
password at all since the computer is not shared. I really
appreciate your help. Regards,
Ellen
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I've had the same problem, and since Taurarian's advice works, please explain
why it "should not be used" and how to fix the problem without using it.
Thanks.
 
As other people suggested you have to have a password for scheduler to
work. But this also means you have to type password every time you
restart machine. For you, if convenience is more important then
security, you can configure Windows XP to automate the logon process.

Click on Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts.
Uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password to use this
computer" check box.
Click Apply.
Enter the user name and password you wish to automatically log on with,
and then click OK.
Click OK again and you're all done.

This feature allows other users to start your computer and use the
account that you establish to automatically log on. Enabling auto logon
makes your computer more convenient to use, but can pose a security
risk since anyone can just turn the machine on and access your files.

Tethys Solutions, Expert Services Group
http://www.tethyssolutions.com/ask-the-expert.htm
SMART Macro & Automation Software
 
I did READ the reason, thank you very much. All it said was "It does far more
than just allow tasks to run without a password." Maybe you consider that an
adequate explanation of the dangers of using it. I do not.
 
`You are evil and a idiot. A complete idiot. What is wrong with you people. Did you EVER learn to read? Use your intellect? You are too stupid to be allowed to live.

Perhaps instead of showing your obvious stupidity to the world click the f ckin link, moron!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I had thought the people on these groups were trying to help people who may,
heaven forbid, not be as technologically astute as others. I see no reason
for you to be abusive or to YELL at me. I was merely trying to get some help.
Yes, I might have clicked on the link, but even doing didn't give me
information in plain form that a non-geek could easily understand. And I am
new to these forums and there was no indication that I should be directed to
the link such as "Follow this link for further information." Nevertheless,
when I received your first intemperate response, I did click on the link you
supplied which took me to a long and, as far as I could tell, unrelated
selection of exchanges. Your first email response to me was unnecessarily
hostile and ill-tempered, and I'm sorry to say it caused me to respond in
kind. I hope we can end it here. I am sorry to have had this exchange. I did,
happily, get some useful information from someone other than you.
 
It has nothing to do with technology but basic research. Let me see, someone provided a few lines, a snip indicating he was cutting it for space, and a link for the full text.

This is an example of a real article (Ltc Col Bondy, CFA, "Personality Type and Military Culture in the Anglo-West" in <i>Australian Defense Force Journal</i>, ADF, Canberra, 2006)

Postmodernists, in this case, see a relationship of insider domination through power-knowledge systems that leave the outsider sub-group with little room for resistance (Patton 1998).

And if you want to know more about the paragraph, you look at the footnotes and find the ideas in that paragraph came from

Patton, Paul, ‘Foucault’, in A Companion to Continental Philosophy, Simon Critchley and William R. Schroeder

eds., Blackwell, Malden, MA, 1998.

Then you go to library and read the book. Everyone learnt this in school.
 
And what "help" did you get? How to allow anyone in the world to breach your security? That wasn't your question.
 
Well, it's been a long time since I was in school, David. I guess I need a
refresher course. Sorry we locked horns over this. Truly. And I did actually
learn something from the other post, and it wasn't how to make my computer
vulnerable. Believe it or not, I didn't realize until I read that post that
enabling a password to start up would give me the password I needed to
configure my task scheduler. Peace.
 

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