On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:04:37 -0700 (PDT)
Jose wrote:

Sounds like it is working fine.

You can create a new account with a PW just for STs.

You can assign your account a PW and use it, and still have the system
to log you in automatically when XP starts (convenient).

This is why you may want to test your mechanism by assigning yourself
a PW temporarily and get the command task to run and open a command
window, then work on your new task.

Set up a second user account with admin privileges and the command
prompt task ran fine. As did the defragger I wanted to schedule. The
MSE task has a syntax error that I'm researching.

Then I came across a registry hack to turn the password-required
feature off with Scheduled Tasks, as follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa
Value name: limitblankpassworduse, Type: REG_DWORD, Data: 0 (disabled)
1 (enabled)

Is there any downside to disabling it, assuming an assortment of
anti-malware programs? One thing I notice after disabling it
(in non-password account) is that when the defragger runs, it runs
entirely in the background, no interface onscreen, unlike the password
account (and normally). Does that seem right? Thanks,

Gene