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I have a scheduled job that runs each night using ntbackup which copies a folder on my HDD to a network share.
The problem is that every time I'm required to change my Windows password I have to remember to change it in ntbackup aswell, otherwise the backup fails silently i.e. I get no warning that the backup isn't being done.
Is there a way to schedule this job so it will automatically pick up my new Windows password, or somehow not be tied to my main login?
My user account type is Debugger, not full Administrator, so I'm not sure if that would restrict me in any way, e.g. still forcing a four-weekly password change on a dedicated user account for this. The PC runs XP SP2 on a Windows Server 2003 R2 domain.
Thats exactly the way we used to od it at my old work. We had an account that only ran all the scheduled jobs that the password was never changed on. Saves the tiresome changes to all the scheduled jobs when User passwords need to be changed. – Joe Taylor – 2010-03-10T10:09:01.663
Thanks, seemed to work with my debugger account. I didn't realise I would be allowed to create a local account with higher privileges than my own domain account. – Lunatik – 2010-03-10T10:49:20.613
@Lunatik - you might be a local admin on your machine, which might give you the right to create a new account. I'm not 100% sure though. – ChrisF – 2010-03-10T11:00:23.770
Nope, this didn't work for some reason. The backup failed and the 'run as' user had changed back to my normal login when I checked. Wierd. – Lunatik – 2010-03-11T07:27:55.143
@Lunatik - something else must be going on then as this should work - we used it all the time at my last-but-one job. – ChrisF – 2010-03-11T08:53:35.220