Re: Task Scheduler forgets passwords upon reboot

Can the users who reported that the Task Scheduler forgets password
upon reboot please indicate the status of the Protected Storage servic
on their machines when this occurs? The default for that service is t
start automatically. Thanks

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Troodon

Troodon;932865 Wrote:
> Can the users who reported that the Task Scheduler forgets password
> upon reboot please indicate the status of the Protected Storage servic
> on their machines when this occurs? The default for that service is t
> start automatically. Thanks

Trooden
I have been having this problem with Task Scheduler for the pas
month (since I got the new computer installed with Vista Home Premium 3
bit, SP1). I had independently determined that Task Scheduler seemed t
be forgetting passwords upon reboot (it remembers them if I simply lo
off). This makes the Task Scheduler nearly worthless (for me anyway).
In searching for a solution I came across your query an
checked. My system had the Protected Storage service stopped and wa
set to "manual". I assume that Task Scheduler would be more likely t
remember the passwords with the Protected Storage service stopped. Bu
I experimented by trying it with the service started and (of course
that did not help. So in answer to your question: in my case the Tas
Scheduler is behaving as if it forgets passwords whether the Protecte
Storage service is stopped (ie started manually), or running (ie starte
automatically)
I would hope there is a fix for this; how could a respectabl
outfit field an OS with this bug in the first place, let alone not hav
it fixed by now? Perhaps there is an alternative third party Tas
Scheduler out there. I will start to look for one when I get the time
If I find a solution in the near future, I will post it (or
reference) here

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Chaos3

Thank you Chaos3 for your response. This issue is described in man
forums on the Web and I guess either it is so by design or there will b
a fix for it, perhaps, in Vista SP2.

Unfortunately, I have reasons to believe the latter will not happen
One reason is KB931711 ('Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Hom
Premium, and Windows Vista Starter save user credentials only for th
current session' (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931711)). Th
information is provided by Microsoft spport as a fact rather than as a
issue. Another reason is that, some users have figured out the proble
can be fixed by changing a policy rule to allow users to run batc
files. However, apparently that requires access to the Policy Editor,
feature not available in Vista Home Premium

This is a serious issue to me. If I cannot schedule tasks on my Vist
machine without having to reenter my password after reboot then Vista i
of little use to me, as I also run it as a server

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Troodon