RE: Scheduled Back up utility

Thanks for the info. this fixed the problem.
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Tom D.


"Tom D." wrote:

> I recently used the XP back up utility to back up my files to another drive.
> It worked fine when I manually run through the back up wizard. But when I
> tried to set up a regularly scheduled back up of my files through the wizard,
> it does not back up as scheduled.
>
> As I was setting up the recurring schedule, it popped up "Set Account
> Information" asking for Run as, password, confirm password. I did not set up
> a password when installing XP, so I left it blank, but the wizard warns that
> leaving it blank may cause the scheduled back up to not run. The scheduled
> back up in fact does not run as scheduled
>
> I entered the scheduled task folder, and right clicked on this scheduled
> task, and on the task tab attempted to set password and apply, but get this
> message when trying to do so:
>
> An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information.
> the specific error is: 0x80070005 Access Denied
> You do not have permission to perform the requested operation.
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this problem
> --
> Tom D.
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