Last week I attempted to add a scheduled task to my Windows 2008 server using schtasks.exe. The syntax I used was:
schtasks /create /S server /U DOMAIN\ACCOUNT /P password /SC daily /ST 15:00 /TN BkupIIS /TR c:\scripts\bkupiis.cmd
I received the following message from schtasks.exe:
User credentials are not allowed on the local machine
The task scheduler log file shows the following error:
Task Scheduler failed to start “\BkupIIS” task for user “DOMAIN\ACCOUNT”. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147750687.
The secret to successfully scheduling the task is to use /RU and /RP instead of /U and /P.
The syntax that should be used to create the scheduled task is:
schtasks /create /S server /RU DOMAIN\ACCOUNT /RP password /SC daily /ST 15:00 /TN BkupIIS /TR c:\scripts\bkupiis.cmd
Reference: http://brianagibson.blogspot.com/2008/08/hmc-45-domaincachetask-scheduled-task.html
May 7, 2009 at 11:09 am
I found the blog on a newsgroup and read a few posts. Great resource. Bookmarked and looingk forward to reading more future posts
April 8, 2010 at 9:21 am
nice! helped me
April 19, 2010 at 7:10 am
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