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I believe if you don't specify a user, it will run as whatever user is currently logged in. &nbsp;Which means it will only run as the logged in user. &nbsp;I would say that if you have a real need to do this, contact your IT group and have them ease the restrictions to allow it. &nbsp;That is the proper way to handle this.
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I believe if you don't specify a user, it will run as whatever user is currently logged in.  Which means it will only run as the logged in user.  I would say that if you have a real need to do this, contact your IT group and have them ease the restrictions to allow it.  That is the proper way to handle this.

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The AT command is deprecated. &nbsp;<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490996.aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">Schtasks</a> offers much more functionality. &nbsp;<br />
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Running the task under the System account is the way to go though. &nbsp;Schedule it using the account<b> &quot;NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM&quot; </b>and a blank password. &nbsp;This will run it with administrative rights. &nbsp;If the task needs to access files on a network share, grant the necessary permissions to the computer's AD account.<br />

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The AT command is deprecated.  Schtasks [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490996.aspx] offers much more functionality.  

Running the task under the System account is the way to go though.  Schedule it using the account "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" and a blank password.  This will run it with administrative rights.  If the task needs to access files on a network share, grant the necessary permissions to the computer's AD account.


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This works now that I have configured the task this way<br />
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Many thanks for your help
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This works now that I have configured the task this way

Many thanks for your help

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I am trying to run a batch file as a scheduled task on a windows xp machine. This would normally be relatively simple but the GPO's applied do not allow localaccounts to be created on the machine. I also have other restrictions which means that I cannot have a domain account to run the batch.<br />
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Is there any way of running the batch as a scheduled task without specifiying a user account
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I am trying to run a batch file as a scheduled task on a windows xp machine. This would normally be relatively simple but the GPO's applied do not allow localaccounts to be created on the machine. I also have other restrictions which means that I cannot have a domain account to run the batch.

Is there any way of running the batch as a scheduled task without specifiying a user account

Running batch file as a scheduled task without user account

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.