Scheduling scans

[cesareDH]

I have the program set to run a scan at 0300 every morning beginning Jan. 13 2007. It has not run a scan yet. I've gone back through all the settings and can't find aything wrong. The attachment limitations prevent me from including a screenshot of the settings window. Maybe there's some way to to communicate directly with someone who can resolve the issue.
Thank you.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Do you have admin rights?
Did you enter a password?
When you get this error message:
“0x80070005: Access is denied" error message when you create a scheduled task in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;884573

Also see:
- Scheduled Tasks cannot run with a blank password
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[cesareDH]

Hello,

Do you have admin rights?
Did you enter a password?
When you get this error message:
“0x80070005: Access is denied" error message when you create a scheduled task in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
Also see:
- Scheduled Tasks cannot run with a blank password
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

I have the rights.

Did not enter password. I read the article you provided above, but I do not want to have to assign a password to my administrative account. I don't want to have to enter a password every time I restart my machine.

No error messages.

[md usa spybot fan]

cesareDH:

Spybot uses the OS scheduler. In Windows XP the user account that adds the Schedule Tasks entry must have a password. See:

• Scheduled Tasks cannot run with a blank password
  http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310715

There is workaround for the password requirement in Windows XP that 100mill was considerate enough to share with us. See the following thread:

• Scheduling a Spybot scan under Windows XP
  http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1828

For additional information on scheduling parameters that can be used, see the following:

• Are there any command line parameters?
  http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/30.html

[jonathanbean]

I have had problems with Windows XP's awful schedule tasks program. After some searching, I found the ideal program and it is free:

http://tinyurl.com/ycmfl9

Used it for several weeks and it is great! No need to buy the professional version, just download the freeware and add whatever programs you want to run

a) automatically at pre-set times;
b) at start-up
c) pop-up reminders to do certain things.

It's all up to you!