SPYBOT - run by task

boazboaz

boazboaz

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I'v moved from WIN98SE to WINXP and reinstall the SPYBOT and added to Scheduled Tasks.

But its not running.... the "Scheduled Tasks" say Status : "could not start" and Last result :"0x0" .
Where should I start ???
 
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"Do you have admin rights?" - how do i know that ??
"Did you enter a password" - which password should I use ?? were do I handle such password ?? In which other cases was I supposed to do some thing with that password. I don't remmber any.
 
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I do not use a password to logon. Is there a case that there is a password
and I do not use it ?? what the idea of several accounts ??? will the task
run even if i'm logged on to my original account while the password that i
will use will be a dummy user (that will be given password) ??
 
Hello,

To have a look at which rights you have on your account please have a look at your Windows control panel.
Below the point "user and passwords" you can see which group your user name belongs to.
If you didn't change how to start Spybot-S&D you should have the same rights as it is placed there.
To run Spybot-S&D under a different user account (for example one with admin rights) please right-click here and choose 'open as'.
There should be an option to enter a user name and a password.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
 
O.k. i'v added a password to my login user ... but I use it only for the TASK issue.

Still do not understand the idea that if i do not want a logon password i need to create one just for the TASK issue.

Thank You very much .
 
boazboaz said:
Still do not understand the idea that if i do not want a logon password i need to create one just for the TASK issue.
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Spybot uses the OS scheduler and XP requires a password to schedule. I'll list the reference again:
A user published a method to get around the password requirement:
This not a recommendation that you bypass the password requirement. In fact, if you are considering bypassing the password requirement, make sure that you read my comments (as well as the comments that I added on bitman's behalf) in the second post in that thread before bypassing the password requirement:
 
Done

I have disabled this with the following registry change:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Lsa

limitblankpassworduse
Change the value in the Value Data box from 1 to 0


Thank you very much !!!
 
Warnings on XP password disable

I know I'm a late-comer on this thread, but would just like to add re the warnings on the XP password setup change. Having done that for my older machine some years ago, I have not ever noticed any sort of sudden increase in hijacks, or viruses, etc.
This does work a treat, and it is just lamentable that MS (again :banghead: !) hasn't ever worked on or fixed this. It's a complaint about XP that people have butted heads with for years. Like I say, I've never noticed it to cause a problem and do have a lot of malware detecting and anti-virus running constantly.

BIG NB(!): If you do go ahead and create a password for a user acct in XP, you cannot then later undo that and go back to a blank password for that account. You'll be stuck with having to use a password from thereon out; hence, I've always much preferred to just go the route described herein.

BTW, can anyone tell me why the restriction in these forums to not allow one to edit a post :scratch: ?
 
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