Scheduler in Vista: password

[balt221]

The schedule feature does not operate because SB tells me I have not supplied a password and that blank passwords are not allow. The problem here is that I have only one account on my computer--the administrator account--and I do NOT want to specify a password for it, since my Windows Live Onecare often reboots my computer for me while I'm asleep, and a password would require me to be there to enter it when it reboots.

Is there any way to allow scheduler to operate without the need for a password?

Thanks.

[balt221]

I would be very grateful if someone could try to help me with this problem.

[Zenobia]

Hi.

Is there any way to allow scheduler to operate without the need for a password?

With XP,there's a .vbs script available on the internet to allow task scheduler to run a scheduled task without a user account password.I can't find any such user-friendly thing for Vista,so the only way I know of would be to edit the registry by hand.Are you familiar with editing the registry?

[balt221]

Hi.



With XP,there's a .vbs script available on the internet to allow task scheduler to run a scheduled task without a user account password.I can't find any such user-friendly thing for Vista,so the only way I know of would be to edit the registry by hand.Are you familiar with editing the registry?

Only in a very basic way. Someone would have to tell me exactly where the registry string to be edited was, and exactly how it should be changed.

Thanks for responding.

[drragostea]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Value name: limitblankpassworduse, Type: REG_DWORD, Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)

Editing the registry is possible...

Sources:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/windows-xp...tml#post237572

http://www.vas.com/Tnotes/XP%20Task%...20problems.htm

[balt221]

Editing the registry is possible...

Sources:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/windows-xp...tml#post237572

http://www.vas.com/Tnotes/XP%20Task%...20problems.htm

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

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Work's like a charm! Thanks!