unable to schedule a task (access denied)

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Published on 2009-07-06T20:09:02Z Indexed on 2014/08/25 10:22 UTC
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i have a bat file im trying to schedule every morning.

whilst in the Scheduled Task Wizard... when i click on finish... i get a ...

The new task could not be created. The specific error is: 0x8007005: Access is denied. Try using the Task page Browse button to locate the application

I have attempted using both a domain account that is an administrator on the box... and a local account that is an administrator on the box.

On another machine ... i have managed to get this work.. but cannot figure out the difference in configuration. It is using the domain account to run the bat file.

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