Task Scheduler Password Problem

I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled task but it asks
for a password. I never set up a password for this system as I am the only
one using it. How do I enable the scheduler?

Thanks,

Oreally

OREALLY wrote:
> I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled task but it
> asks for a password. I never set up a password for this system as I am
> the only one using it. How do I enable the scheduler?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oreally

Just a few things I saw while looking around.

I can see an example of a workaround here, but this is for WinXP.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm

"Applying/Running tasks without a password

The link came from this thread.

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9213a3a4fe37cb

There is a ref to "control userpasswords2" here.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315231

You could fool around with User Accounts control panel,
but I bet nothing good would come of it (like, having
to enter the password each time at startup). Perhaps there
is some way with the Advanced User option ?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-accounts.html

I can see a tick box here you can try unticking, after
passwords are set up.

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachmen...-users_tab.jpg

Personally, I don't like messing around with Users, for
fear of managing to lock myself out of the computer, but
that's just me :-)

Paul

OREALLY wrote:

> I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled task but it asks
> for a password. I never set up a password for this system as I am the only
> one using it. How do I enable the scheduler?

For security purposes, someone defining a task must have permission to
run it under the account they specify. You could specify your own
account or someone else's account so you need to qualify you have
permission to use that account. An account with a blank password has no
password which means you cannot qualify that you have permission to use
that account.

The SYSTEM account doesn't require permission other than an admin-level
account must be the one that creates the scheduled task. However, that
means you don't get to use the handy GUI for Task Scheduler along with
some of its extra scheduling features and instead have to use the 'at'
command as a DOS prompt.

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...447895ad75e078
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0713f1f44e03a1
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...81c0e0e5836832

On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:14:02 -0700, "OREALLY" <>
wrote:

>I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled task but it asks
>for a password. I never set up a password for this system as I am the only
>one using it. How do I enable the scheduler?

When I encounter that situation, I do the following:
1. Assign a password to the account
2. Tell the owner what it is
3. Enable auto-login so they don't have to enter the password
4. Disable the password prompt associated with the screen saver

I haven't had any complaints so far but this method is only
appropriate when the owner is the only user. Multiple users might not
be happy with the system auto logging into one person's account.

--

Char Jackson

OREALLY wrote:
> I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled task but it
> asks for a password. I never set up a password for this system as I
> am the only one using it. How do I enable the scheduler?

I have the same setup on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I am the only user, and
no password was assigned during installation. I have no trouble
creating, deleting, or editing scheduled tasks, either for my single user
account or system wide. I have never been asked for a password. I don't
know why your experience is different.
--
Crash

"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."
~ Arnold H. Glasow ~

In message <j0u7pe$hd3$>, VanguardLH <>
writes:
[]
>For security purposes, someone defining a task must have permission to
>run it under the account they specify. You could specify your own
>account or someone else's account so you need to qualify you have
>permission to use that account. An account with a blank password has no
>password which means you cannot qualify that you have permission to use
>that account.
[]
Another poster has suggested there is no problem, but whatever: I had
the same problem in XP, and found System Scheduler -
http://www.splinterware.com/products/wincron.htm - easy to use.
Apparently it works under 7 too.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

computers don't solve problems; they help humans solve problems - Colin Barker,
Computing 1999-2-18, p. 21

In news:j0tfin$dhl$,
OREALLY <> typed:
> I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled
> task but it asks for a password. I never set up a
> password for this system as I am the only one using it.
> How do I enable the scheduler?
> Thanks,
>
> Oreally

It requires a password to fulfill its role. Add a PW and try again. You can
still have windows add the password for you at sign-on so you don't lose
anything.
You're wide open to drive-bys and other malware if you run with no
password!

HTH,

Twayne`

That was the problem in the first place. Do you mean create a seperate
password for the scheduler? I don't have a password for logging into the
computer.

"Twayne" wrote in message news:j111v7$1eq$...

In news:j0tfin$dhl$,
OREALLY <> typed:
> I have Windows 7 /64 bit Pro. I try to set up a scheduled
> task but it asks for a password. I never set up a
> password for this system as I am the only one using it.
> How do I enable the scheduler?
> Thanks,
>
> Oreally

It requires a password to fulfill its role. Add a PW and try again. You can
still have windows add the password for you at sign-on so you don't lose
anything.
You're wide open to drive-bys and other malware if you run with no
password!

HTH,

Twayne`

OREALLY wrote:

<snipped all the improperly quoted posts>
<not going to waste my time to properly quote what WLM does not>

What he is saying (along with one of the articles to which I linked) is
that you *do* need to add a password to whatever account under which you
want to run the scheduled task (*if* you want to use the Task Scheduler
GUI to define the scheduled task). That means you add a password to
your Windows account.

Whether or not you destroy the login security afforded by NT-based
versions of Windows is your choice. You do NOT need a blank password in
order to automatically log into your account even when you are not at
your computer and someone else has control over it. Follow the
suggestions for auto-logon WITH password. Then you'll have a password,
too, for scheduled tasks you define under that same Windows account.

that's exactly what I did......then I couldn't logon, even with the password
I set up in the user account! Had to do system restore. What a cryptic mess!

"VanguardLH" wrote in message news:j143eh$3b2$...

OREALLY wrote:

<snipped all the improperly quoted posts>
<not going to waste my time to properly quote what WLM does not>

What he is saying (along with one of the articles to which I linked) is
that you *do* need to add a password to whatever account under which you
want to run the scheduled task (*if* you want to use the Task Scheduler
GUI to define the scheduled task). That means you add a password to
your Windows account.

Whether or not you destroy the login security afforded by NT-based
versions of Windows is your choice. You do NOT need a blank password in
order to automatically log into your account even when you are not at
your computer and someone else has control over it. Follow the
suggestions for auto-logon WITH password. Then you'll have a password,
too, for scheduled tasks you define under that same Windows account.