As Yousuf Khan hasn't bothered to give us any feedback I decided to
see if the task method would work and it seems it does.
As I normally only have one account I created a couple of test accounts
and created a task to run the Calculator on every start up using the System
account. When I rebooted, any account that I logged on to had calc.exe
running
in the background in Task Manager (but not visible on the Desktop).
But as mentioned by me earlier, that only runs when the user account it
was created for is run for the first time. If you don't login, then it
won't ever get run.
But as mentioned by me earlier, that only runs when the user account it
was created for is run for the first time. If you don't login, then it
won't ever get run.
As Yousuf Khan hasn't bothered to give us any feedback I decided to
see if the task method would work and it seems it does.
As I normally only have one account I created a couple of test accounts
and created a task to run the Calculator on every start up using the System
account. When I rebooted, any account that I logged on to had calc.exe running
in the background in Task Manager (but not visible on the Desktop).
I may have missed it so I'd like to ask how you assign a (scheduled)
task to run using the System account? I tried Machine_Name\System but
it said I had to assign a password and then it said that the System
account could not be found, and I basically got lost at that point.
I may have missed it so I'd like to ask how you assign a (scheduled)
task to run using the System account? I tried Machine_Name\System but
it said I had to assign a password and then it said that the System
account could not be found, and I basically got lost at that point.
I don't have a password to my account and run as admin with UAC disabled.
Start task scheduler.
Create your task and on the General tab, where it says Security options,
When running this task...click on Change User or Group...
Enter system and OK it.
Then it displays NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM as the user account.
I don't have a password to my account and run as admin with UAC disabled.
Start task scheduler.
Create your task and on the General tab, where it says Security options,
When running this task...click on Change User or Group...
Enter system and OK it.
Then it displays NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM as the user account.
Thanks, Dave. I was actually trying to follow along in XP. Doing as
you say and manually running the task, the status changes to "Running"
but the program (Notepad, Win Explorer, Calc, for example) didn't show
up in Task Manager and didn't show any GUI. No biggie, I was just
curious.
Thanks, Dave. I was actually trying to follow along in XP. Doing as
you say and manually running the task, the status changes to "Running"
but the program (Notepad, Win Explorer, Calc, for example) didn't show
up in Task Manager and didn't show any GUI. No biggie, I was just
curious.
Maybe it's because you started it from your account.
Try creating a task to run Calculator at system start up using the System account
and then reboot. When you log on to your normal account you'll find calc.exe
running in Task manager. At least that's what I found on win7.
I think why it doesn't show up on the desktop is because System doesn't have a desktop!
Maybe it's because you started it from your account.
Try creating a task to run Calculator at system start up using the System account
and then reboot. When you log on to your normal account you'll find calc.exe
running in Task manager. At least that's what I found on win7.
I think why it doesn't show up on the desktop is because System doesn't have a desktop!
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