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scheduling task
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gpalmer711
IS-IT--Management
Have you added or changed your account password? If so you need to update the scheduled task to reflect this change.
Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators
Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators
If this is a stand-alone password, consider using the local Administrator account and password.
As Greg points out, if you have a password expiry policy set, Scheduled Tasks will not pick up the forced new password and the Scheduled Task entry needs to be edited again to reflect the change.
As Greg points out, if you have a password expiry policy set, Scheduled Tasks will not pick up the forced new password and the Scheduled Task entry needs to be edited again to reflect the change.
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Use the runas... feature of Task Scheduler and use the local Administrator account.
Why?
Because the runas is scheduled under a user account. If the system is in a screensaver lock mode, hibernate, or standy, or sometimes because it feels like it, its only recourse is to use Local System, and local system has very limited rights.
You could using services.msc change the logon authority from local system to NT/Authority, (Service Pack 2 for XP does exactly this, which confounds some scheduling and remote access products completely). But it is a safer logon for the Task Scheduler service.
Two thoughts:
. I create a Administrator-priviliged account, no password experiation, and then flip through Administrative Tools, Local Policy, and deny it access to anything that could possibly harm the system. If this is a password protected local workstation, then do not worry about local policies. Create a new Administrative user, and use the Runas... feature of the Task Scheduler to assign the logon to this new user (with password!).
. As Service Pack 2 is imminent, apply SP2 final when it appears. Remove all of your existing scheduled tasks, as many may not work as defined under SP2. Rebuild them.
Bill Castner
Why?
Because the runas is scheduled under a user account. If the system is in a screensaver lock mode, hibernate, or standy, or sometimes because it feels like it, its only recourse is to use Local System, and local system has very limited rights.
You could using services.msc change the logon authority from local system to NT/Authority, (Service Pack 2 for XP does exactly this, which confounds some scheduling and remote access products completely). But it is a safer logon for the Task Scheduler service.
Two thoughts:
. I create a Administrator-priviliged account, no password experiation, and then flip through Administrative Tools, Local Policy, and deny it access to anything that could possibly harm the system. If this is a password protected local workstation, then do not worry about local policies. Create a new Administrative user, and use the Runas... feature of the Task Scheduler to assign the logon to this new user (with password!).
. As Service Pack 2 is imminent, apply SP2 final when it appears. Remove all of your existing scheduled tasks, as many may not work as defined under SP2. Rebuild them.
Bill Castner
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