Administrator doesn't have permission/rights to run tasks !?

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Paul

Just a quick tip.

To copy the text in the command window, click the small icon at the top/left
of the command window. This will reveal a menu. Click Edit / Select All and
then press ENTER. This will copy all of the text in the window to the
clipboard.

Open an instance of Notepad and Right Click / Paste. You can then edit the
text to focus on the info you need and then copy/paste the results into your
newsgroup reply.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4E4FC99-26BB-49C3-B729-AF66B3D19B16@microsoft.com...
> Hello Jimmy,
>
> Sorry for the late reply; I was out of town for a few days.
>
> To answer your question. I do get the error after typing the admin
> password
> and clicking "OK". It looks like it doesn't like one of the settings.
>
> I tried your other suggestion and changed the user to "SYSTEM" in the task
> properties. According to the event viewer, the tasks ran successfully.
> However, the cookies were not deleted ! Here is what the event viewer
> said:
>
> "Task Scheduler successfully finished
> "{D4AC8E70-A4F4-409F-9912-E4B1EC320E35}" instance of the
> "\Paul'sTasks\PPADeleteCookies" task for user "WORKGROUP\PARENTSPC$"."
>
> I also typed "whoami /all" in the command window. There were 23 items in
> the "priveleges information" section, all of them were disabled. I
> couldn't
> do a copy&paste.
> _______________________________
>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> So, you get the error from the task scheduler interface itself when
>> trying to change the properties of the task?
>>
>> Do you get the error after entering your username and password after
>> clicking OK?
>>
>> If yes to both, try telling the program to run in the context of a
>> system account -> Click change user or group, type system, press enter.
>>
>> Can you change any of the attributes of the task, or do you only get the
>> message when changing certain properties?
>>
>> Are you an administrator?
>>
>> If you are an administrator, could you do this:
>>
>> - Click start
>> - Type: command prompt
>> - Right-click command prompt when it appears
>> - Click Run As Administrator
>> - Type: whoami /all
>> - Paste the results of this command into a reply
>>
>> --
>> -JB
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>>

[Jimmy Brush]

Try changing the "command to execute" for the task to:

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /E:ON /C "c:\path\to\file\file.bat"

--
-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

[Paul]

It works now, thanks Jimmy.

Paul

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"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Try changing the "command to execute" for the task to:
>
> c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /E:ON /C "c:\path\to\file\file.bat"
>
> --
> -JB
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

[Jimmy Brush]

Paul wrote:
> It works now, thanks Jimmy.
>
> Paul
>
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> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>
>> Try changing the "command to execute" for the task to:
>>
>> c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /E:ON /C "c:\path\to\file\file.bat"
>>
>> --
>> -JB
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>>

Glad you got it working :)

--
-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

[Soul Always Sings]

Paul, when I go to Systems, I am not even listed as "administrator", even
though in the Control Panel I am listed as the administrator. Every since my
computer was repaired, someone named 'v' is the administrator, and there
seems to be
nothing I can do to change 'v' to my name. I even bought and ran the RegCure
program which made a scan of everything in my computer and found about one
million errors! So I am really perplexed! How can I get rid of Mr. 'v' as
the administrator of MY computer?
--
Singing Soul


"Paul" wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to run a simple task. I'd like Vista's "task scheduler" to
> periodically run a .bat file that I made which goes to the following two
> directories and deletes the IE7 cookies that are stored there.
>
> C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low
> C:\Users\<usersname>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
>
> However, I am told that I do not have permission to access these
> directories. How can that be, since administrators should have access to all
> files and directories on the computer. The other error that I get is that
> "task scheduler" tells me that I do not have the "batch rights" to save this
> task.
>
> Any insight into this would be a big help.
>
> Paul
>

[Donald L McDaniel]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:31:02 -0800, Soul Always Sings
<SoulAlwaysSings@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Paul, when I go to Systems, I am not even listed as "administrator", even
>though in the Control Panel I am listed as the administrator. Every since my
>computer was repaired, someone named 'v' is the administrator, and there
>seems to be
>nothing I can do to change 'v' to my name. I even bought and ran the RegCure
>program which made a scan of everything in my computer and found about one
>million errors! So I am really perplexed! How can I get rid of Mr. 'v' as
>the administrator of MY computer?


Here's something to think about:

First of all, make sure it IS "your computer".
Then, rather than RUNNING a good-quality Register Cleaner, actually
ACT on the results (I assume there is a way to either FIX or DELETE
thoses bad registry entries your tool showed you). I do advise you to
back these entries up before deleting or fixing them.

1) A normal User Account with "administrator permissions" in Vista is
NOT the same as "The Administrator" account in XP or earlier.

2) A user with "administrator" permissions in Vista is LIMITED (no
matter what they say). Such accounts do NOT have permission to add
or delete files from a System folder [by default]. You must give
yourself this permission. Even then, there are some files or folders
you will be UNABLE to obtain permissions for, such as Windows log
files, page files or hibernation files.

3) To obtain this permission, you MUST first upgrade your permissions
manually to give yourself "Special permissions" , then take control of
each such folder you wish to add or remove files from. I DON'T advise
giving yourself special permissions for ANY special Windows folder,
such as "Windows" itself, or any folder which is an alias to a real
one (such as "My Documents, My Computer, etc..) Additionally, you
will be UNABLE to delete any files or folders which are used
exclusively by the System.

4) Try opening up User Accounts (with UAC turned on) and deleting the
"V" account first. You will have to get the password from whoever
added the "V" account if you are unable to remove it.

5) If that is unsuccessful, you will have to enable the
"Administrator" account in Vista to be able to access it. Since this
account is disabled by default when Vista is first installed, you will
need to enable it. I don't know how to do this in Home Premium, since
it does not include the Global Policy Template Editor, which would
normally be used to enable it..


--
Donald L McDaniel

How can so many otherwise very intelligent people screw up
something so simple so badly? If you stick a computer
keyboard in front of most people, they'll suddenly drop
30 points off their IQs. Much like placing a "Pork Barrel"
bill in front of a politician: He'll forget all about
"cooperation" the minute he counts the zeroes before the
decimal point.