Schedule a daily backup

[Leslie Stratton]

I cannot make the scheduler work to schedule a daily
backup on Windows XP. It sets up and shows that it is
scheduled on the calendar but does not work.

Help,

Thanks,

Les

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Les,

Are you running it from a passworded account and have you set it to "run as"
the username and password? If not, you may need to.

Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password [Q310715]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310715

Also, from MVP Kelly (a workaround):

For Pro: Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Local Security
Policy/Local Policies/Security options.
In the right hand pane (third down). Accounts: Limit local account use of
blank passwords to console logon only. This is enabled by default, disable
it.

For Home: Backup your registry before modifying. Locate the following
registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa

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

It is enabled by default. Disable it and scheduled tasks should run.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Leslie Stratton" > wrote in message
...
> I cannot make the scheduler work to schedule a daily
> backup on Windows XP. It sets up and shows that it is
> scheduled on the calendar but does not work.
>
> Help,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Les
>

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

No, she WILL need to. (-:

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Les,
>
> Are you running it from a passworded account and have you set it to "run
as"
> the username and password? If not, you may need to.
>
> Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password [Q310715]
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310715
>
> Also, from MVP Kelly (a workaround):
>
> For Pro: Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Local Security
> Policy/Local Policies/Security options.
> In the right hand pane (third down). Accounts: Limit local account use of
> blank passwords to console logon only. This is enabled by default, disable
> it.
>
> For Home: Backup your registry before modifying. Locate the following
> registry key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa
>
> Value name: limitblankpassworduse
> Type: REG_DWORD
> Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)
>
> It is enabled by default. Disable it and scheduled tasks should run.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Leslie Stratton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I cannot make the scheduler work to schedule a daily
> > backup on Windows XP. It sets up and shows that it is
> > scheduled on the calendar but does not work.
> >
> > Help,
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Les
> >
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Not necessarily if she employs the work-arounds from Kelly that I included.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
message ...
> No, she WILL need to. (-:
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi Les,
> >
> > Are you running it from a passworded account and have you set it to "run
> as"
> > the username and password? If not, you may need to.
> >
> > Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password [Q310715]
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310715
> >
> > Also, from MVP Kelly (a workaround):
> >
> > For Pro: Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Local Security
> > Policy/Local Policies/Security options.
> > In the right hand pane (third down). Accounts: Limit local account use
of
> > blank passwords to console logon only. This is enabled by default,
disable
> > it.
> >
> > For Home: Backup your registry before modifying. Locate the following
> > registry key:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa
> >
> > Value name: limitblankpassworduse
> > Type: REG_DWORD
> > Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)
> >
> > It is enabled by default. Disable it and scheduled tasks should run.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "Leslie Stratton" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I cannot make the scheduler work to schedule a daily
> > > backup on Windows XP. It sets up and shows that it is
> > > scheduled on the calendar but does not work.
> > >
> > > Help,
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Les
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Ah! Kelly! I should have known.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> Not necessarily if she employs the work-arounds from Kelly that I
included.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
> message ...
> > No, she WILL need to. (-:
> >
> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi Les,
> > >
> > > Are you running it from a passworded account and have you set it to
"run
> > as"
> > > the username and password? If not, you may need to.
> > >
> > > Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password [Q310715]
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310715
> > >
> > > Also, from MVP Kelly (a workaround):
> > >
> > > For Pro: Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Local Security
> > > Policy/Local Policies/Security options.
> > > In the right hand pane (third down). Accounts: Limit local account
use
> of
> > > blank passwords to console logon only. This is enabled by default,
> disable
> > > it.
> > >
> > > For Home: Backup your registry before modifying. Locate the following
> > > registry key:
> > >
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa
> > >
> > > Value name: limitblankpassworduse
> > > Type: REG_DWORD
> > > Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)
> > >
> > > It is enabled by default. Disable it and scheduled tasks should run.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best of Luck,
> > >
> > > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> > > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> > > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> > >
> > > "Leslie Stratton" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I cannot make the scheduler work to schedule a daily
> > > > backup on Windows XP. It sets up and shows that it is
> > > > scheduled on the calendar but does not work.
> > > >
> > > > Help,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Les
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>