that would make sense; it's just my home pc and don't have password on my
account
thanks

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Regarding missing article Q311119:
>
> Did not know that the article has been removed. But the article instructs
> you to set a password for the user account which you're using to configure
> the task.
>
>>> The specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied
>
> Q884573 talks about the same error code, so I thought that might be an
> useful reference.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
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>
> "seth" <seth@work.org> wrote in message
> news:ev%236LquCGHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> thanks for the help but...
>
> article 311119 is not available
> article 884573 has different error message
> article 308558 doesn't apply because i can't even get to that point of
> creating a task, nevermind troubleshoot why it don't work
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uaNT7SqCGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Task Scheduler Does Not Run Tasks When "Run As" User Account Has No
>> Password
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311119
>>
>> "0x80070005: Access is denied" error message when you create a scheduled
>> task in Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;884573
>>
>> Troubleshoot Scheduled Tasks in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308558
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>> "seth" <me@myhouse.net> wrote in message
>> news:Xns973872F324B13sls@130.81.64.196...
>> having a problem creating a task
>> i select the application and time i want it to run, when i click finish
>> it
>> says:
>>
>> "An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information.
>> The specific error is:
>> 0x80070005: Access is denied.
>> You do not have permission to perform the requested operation."
>>
>> running xp sp2
>> article 816731 says it has to be configured by an administrator; that's
>> what i'm doing and it still doesn't work
>>
>> any ideas??
>>
>>
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