Re: Task Scheduler

Thanks Vanguard. You helped me a lot. Put me on the right track.
TonySper

"Vanguard" <vanguard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"TonySper" wrote in message news:OXGoqYX7HHA.3940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am trying to set up my scheduler but it keeps wanting a password which
I do not have on my login as I want the computer to startup after a power
failure. The schedule will not let a program run without a password. Is
there any way around this??


Scheduled tasks must run under a specified account (to know which
permissions it will have). The login credentials require that you specify
a non-blank password because, well, after all, Windows XP includes
security (and a bit more than prior NT-based versions of Windows).
Scheduled tasks do NOT require you to be logged in (it is an option that
is enabled by default). They will run after a reboot whether you are
logged in or not because you told them under what account to run.

Not having to provide a login password is a convenience for you. Scheduled
events don't need a desktop GUI to execute. They just need to run under
some account so the program runs under that account's permissions. You
will need to specify a non-blank password for your account to run
scheduled tasks. Windows XP was designed to be more secure. Security and
ease-of-use are the antithesis of each other but only for the users.

After you specify a non-blank password for your account, use TweakUI with
its AutoLogon feature to configure Windows to always logon under that
account. When Windows boots up, you won't have to login to get the
desktop GUI (that scheduled tasks don't need). The account you specified
with its login credentials will get automatically logged in on Windows
startup.

Read:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310715/en-us



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