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How can I change which account the Task Scheduler service runs as under Windows NT 4.0?
John Savill
April 29, 2002
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A. Installing the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Offline Browsing Pack in NT 4.0 replaces the built-in Scheduler service with the Task Scheduler service. As a result, the setting that you use to specify an alternate "logon as" account for the Task Scheduler service will be unavailable (this isn't the case under Windows XP and Windows 2000). To work around this problem for a particular scheduled task, perform the following steps as appropriate for your version of IE:
Internet Explorer 4.0
Start the Scheduled Tasks application (go to Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, and click Scheduled Tasks).
Highlight the name of the scheduled task you want to change, go to the File menu and click Properties, and select the Task tab.
In the "Run as" box, type the account name to use.
Click "Set password."
Type the user account password in the "Password" and "Confirm password" fields, then click OK.
Click OK, then quit Scheduled Tasks.
Internet Explorer 5.0
Double-click My Computer, then double-click Scheduled Tasks.
Right-click the name of the scheduled task you want to modify, select Properties, and select the Task tab.
In the "Run as" box, type the account name to use.
Click "Set password."
Type the user account password in the "Password" and "Confirm password" fields, then click OK.
Click OK, then quit Scheduled Tasks.
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