TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
| [XP] Scheduled tasks
Maybe I'm missing something.
I upgraded to XP recently, and I can't get the Scheduled Tasks to work. It asks me for a password, something it never did with Win98. I don't remember ever putting a password on the system when I installed XP, but if I try to set up the task without one, I get "The scheduled task did not run because no user account password was entered."
And of course, I tried everything I thought it might be (i.e. passwords I've used recently on different sites), and I get "The scheduled task did not run because an incorrect password or user name was entered." |
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acehyde
Tired.
Premium
join:2001-08-14
clubs:
| Re: [XP] Merging two computers
When you upgraded the computer, it should have asked you to specify a password for a user with administrator rights. You probably skipped right past it and set a blank password.
Easy way to fix is create a new user account and add them to the administrators group. Log out, and log back in as the new user. Then open Computer Manager and reset your original password. |
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Shorty
Premium
join:2001-01-19
Vermont, USA
| reply to TheWickerMan
Re: [XP] Scheduled tasks
In Xp, task scheduler will not run on an account that has no password. Go to control panel > user accounts > your account > create a password.
»support.microsoft.com/default.as···ct=winxp |
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DSmithLady
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-23
Deep South
clubs: | reply to TheWickerMan
This may help.
308558 - HOW TO Troubleshoot Scheduled Tasks in Windows XP |
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TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
|  reply to Shorty
said by Shorty  :
In Xp, task scheduler will not run on an account that has no password. Go to control panel > user accounts > your account > create a password.
»support.microsoft.com/default.as···ct=winxp
That worked. Thanks! |
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