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PSRumbagh - 20 May 2008 04:34 GMT

Trying to schedule a simple reminder to exercise my HP color inkjet printer
every Friday. I plan on doing this by having Task Scheduler open a Notepad
text file every Friday. The Task Scheduler Wizard seems to require a
password be entered before the "reminder" Task can be successfully added to
the Task list. This in turn requires that I enter my password everytime I
boot-up, which I don't want to have to do as this is a single user home
computer. How can I get around this roadblock?

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Pegasus (MVP) - 20 May 2008 06:16 GMT

> Trying to schedule a simple reminder to exercise my HP color inkjet
> printer
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> boot-up, which I don't want to have to do as this is a single user home
> computer. How can I get around this roadblock?

You can get around it by getting WinXP to log you on
automatically:
- Click Start / Run / control userpasswords2{Enter}
- Untick the box that requires users to enter a password
and click OK.
- Enter your password when prompted.

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Kelly - 20 May 2008 19:43 GMT

Added info:

Running Scheduled Tasks without a password:

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: Run Scheduled Task without a Password (Line 68)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Troubleshooting the Task Scheduler
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm#ts

Task Scheduler MS-KB Articles: http://tinyurl.com/3gnjc

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