Nepatsfan -

Thanks for the suggestion.
I made a checkpoint and followed your directions.
When it rebooted, the following occurred:
- Froze at the 'Windows is starting up..." screen.
- I pressed reset and it rebooted.
- Error message appeared: "One of your discs needs to be checked for
consistency...". and the check proceedes
- Screen message appears: "System could not log you on, make sure
username and domain are ...."
- Press 'OK"
- The "To begin, click username" screen appears.

The original scheduler problem was unresolved.

I restored to the checkpoint.

Any suggestions are appreciated. - Mike




On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:47:52 -0500, "Nepatsfan"
<nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:

>In k1vjq1pcidgp2uhu057uu36rq5s21kv0vn@4ax.com Michael Horowitz
>wrote:
>> I'm running WINXP Home.
>> I'm trying to use the scheduler and it gives
>> me"0x89970005:Access is denied"
>> Googled for it and thought I found _Exactly_ what I was
>> looking for, article 884573, which told me how to find
>> Gpedit.msc and do a 'workaround'
>> Unfortunately, the article didn't say this was N/A to
>> WINxp-Home; had to find THAT out by more digging.
>>
>> anyone know a workaround to get to scheduler to run? - Mike
>
>Does your user account have a password? If it doesn't, add one
>and try to schedule your task.
>
>As stated in the "More Information" section of that KB article,
>XP requires an account with a non-blank password in order to
>create a scheduled task. There's a workaround for this
>restriction but it opens a huge hole in your computer's
>security.
>
>Note: If you're system is setup to automatically logon your
>user account, adding a password will prevent this from
>happening. In order to get back to logging on automatically, do
>the following:
>
>Go to Start -> Run.
>Copy and paste the following into the Open box:
>
>control userpasswords2
>
>Click OK.
>Put a check mark in the box next to "Users must enter a user
>name and password to use this computer".
>In the "Users of this computer" box, click on the User you want
>to have logged on automatically.
>Now, go back and uncheck "Users must enter a user name and
>password to use this computer".
>Click OK.
>In the box that pops up, make sure the account you clicked on
>earlier is entered next to User Name.
>Enter your password twice.
>Click OK.
>Reboot to see if you get the desired results.
>
>Good luck
>
>Nepatsfan
>
>