"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>news:lnh1l1p2su49rg674b42b0irpcqjmrgagf@4ax.com.. .
>> Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Help!
>>>
>>>I discovered by accident today that all my scheduled tasks (such as
>>>some important nightly backups) were no longer working. On
>>>examination, the Set Password box was empty for each one. I entered
>>>and confirmed them all - but on later re-opening Properties, the
>>>password is blank again.
>>>
>>>FWIW, the Run As box contains TERRY\Terry.
>>>
>>>How can I fix this please?
>>
>> Although I made progress since my post last night, I'm still hoping to
>> get some help on this please.
>>
>> Here's a screenshot:
>> http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/I...chedTasks1.gif
>>
>> After changes in Services, I was able to set the password and it
>> appeared to 'stick', with ***** in the boxes. And I was pleased to
>> find that I was then able to get the scheduled task running.
>>
>> But on rebooting my PC, I'm surprised to see the password (and
>> confirmation) boxes *empty* again! Yet that task still seems to run.
>>
>> So, could someone please check and see if their boxes are also empty?
>
>Yes, my password and user fields are *empty* even with a password/user set
>in these fields.

Thanks for taking the trouble, William. So it looks as if I have it
sorted.

But I'd be interested if anyone knows any more about this please.
Specifically, apart from testing a task (or waiting for it to fail),
how can you be sure it is set up OK? Mine were empty yesterday too,
and hadn't been working for two weeks. The only visible difference
(now they are working OK), is that if I re-enter my password, close
and re-open, then asterisks are present. That is, until a reboot, when
they disappear again!

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Terry, West Sussex, UK