Running from Win XP when XP logs out

[susan23]

Am new to this.

 

Have Retrospect 6.5 on Win. XP Pro machine to back up files from a network file sharing machine onto the XP's local hard drive.

 

All works well when logged in to the XP machine. However, when I set Retro. to run at a scheduled time, I get the 1017 error about not having permissions. I think this is occuring because when Retrospect is set to run is at a time when the Win XP has automatically logged out to the Windows login screen and the network hard drive apparantly cannot be accessed by the computer at that point. -Does that sound correct? What is the solution? -Have tried adjusting the Retrospect Launcher login from the XP machine...but have not found a combination that works.

 

Thanks for any help

[awnews]

Same answer as in your other thread:

 

http://forums.dantz.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=40667&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

[susan23]

Thanks for reply.

 

Does the suggestion not work if there is no password?

 

When I try to enter my local user account name, no password (because there is none) and "Logon to" the name of the local machine, Retro. accepts this, but when I close RP and re-open it, I get a message that says it "cannot be started under specified user accout."

 

Next I try entering the local user, no password and the workgroup name (instead of local machine name), I get a message that says "can't grant necessary user privileges". -To be clear, I am working from: Preferences tab ->Security->Always Run Retrospect as Specified User.

 

Retro. Launcher is set to Local System.

Problem does not occur if I open Retrospect manually and run an immediate backup with the selected directories on file server machine.

 

I think I am missing something, but am not sure what.

 

Thanks

[awnews]

I don't run Windows (anything) without a password so I have no way try your setup. One idea--if you're not willing to set a password for the normal login, create another login account (admin privledges) and set Restospect to use that (userID, password, machine name) for login.

[swift]

I am new to Retrospect so am not familiar with it's launcher or how it integrates with Windows XP. However, I do know that Windows XP usually will NOT run a scheduled task if the user scheduling the task has a blank password (i.e., no password assigned). For more info, check out the following MS knowledgebase article:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311119&Product=winxp