Re: scheduled tasks not running when n o one is logged on

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:11:04 -0700

Scheduled Tasks require an account with a non-blank password also Scheduled
Tasks|Advanced|View Log may provide some details. 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"rich" wrote:
| can you schedule backups to run if no one is logged in?
| I am using XP Pro SP2 and target shared drive is on a win2k
| pro box. no other error messages appear, its just a silent failure. I'm
| having trouble using the task scheduler to run a scheduled backup while
| i'm not logged in (no user accounts are logged on). keep getting exit code
| 1f. Haven't been able to find descriptions of the error code while 
surfing.
| My account has appropriate rights and is in the backup operators group. I 
do
| have the back up running to a shared network drive which i can enter so i
| think the permissions are set correctly for the target folder. The backup
| will run correctly if done manually.
|
|

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