Scheduler

[johndonaldson]

I just in stalled Spybot S&D. When I start the scheduler I can not add a new task, the status shows "One or more of the properties that are needed to run this task on a schedule have not been set." As best I can remember I did not have this problem when I installed Spybot S&D on other computers.

What properties do I need to set?

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Did you open Spybot with a right click and choose "run as administrator" (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/42.html) ?

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[johndonaldson]

Even with "run as administrator" I get the same message in the scheduler.

Thanks
John

[spybotsandra]

Hello John,

Did you enter a password?

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[johndonaldson]

Hi:

I am not sure where I need to enter a password. When I click on Scheduler in Spybot S&D a window opens with the Add icon grayed so I ca not add a task to run Spybot S&D. Today my status message in this window was "The Task Scheduler Service is not running." I went to the Services applet and the Task Scheduler status was running, startup type was automatic.
Today I was able to use "Add (Updater) in Scheduler to add an update task but the "Add" icon was still grayed. I can not remember if the "Add Updater" icon was functional in the past.

Thanks
John

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

When it is greyed out then you do not have admin rights.
Which windows version do you have?

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[johndonaldson]

Hi:

I am running Windows 7 64 bit.

In User Accounts my account type is Administrator - Password Protected

Thanks
John

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

First open Spybot with a right click and choose "run as administrator" (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/42.html).

Then run Spybot-S&D in "Advanced Mode" and go to "Settings" --> "Scheduler". Hit the "Edit" button at the top of the "Scheduler" section in Spybot-S&D. Then hit "OK". Now you are asked to enter the password (your windows account password).

Please consider the following link (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/tasksched_topnode.mspx) in order to see how to use the Scheduler.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot