Backup over a network

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Can I schedule an unattended backup, using Win XP Pro backup utility, of shared network files to my hard drive? It is a peer-to-peer network. The backup scheduler prompts me to enter a password and I leave it blank to allow for automatic backups. Even if I leave the password blank, under scheduled tasks it reads, "The scheduled task did not run because no user account password was entered." I am the administrator and am able to run backups on the shared network drives if I run them immediately but I cannot schedule them to run unattended. Thanks for anyones help in advance.
 
You cannot do this with ntbackup.

Tom Swift

Khris said:
Can I schedule an unattended backup, using Win XP Pro backup utility, of
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shared network files to my hard drive? It is a peer-to-peer network. The
backup scheduler prompts me to enter a password and I leave it blank to
allow for automatic backups. Even if I leave the password blank, under
scheduled tasks it reads, "The scheduled task did not run because no user
account password was entered." I am the administrator and am able to run
backups on the shared network drives if I run them immediately but I cannot
schedule them to run unattended. Thanks for anyones help in advance.
 
I think you can do this. But you need to set a password
for the admin account, and then enter it in the scheduled
backup task. If you don't use a password, scheduled tasks
won't work.
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Can I schedule an unattended backup, using Win XP Pro
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backup utility, of shared network files to my hard
drive? It is a peer-to-peer network. The backup
scheduler prompts me to enter a password and I leave it
blank to allow for automatic backups. Even if I leave
the password blank, under scheduled tasks it reads, "The
scheduled task did not run because no user account
password was entered." I am the administrator and am
able to run backups on the shared network drives if I run
them immediately but I cannot schedule them to run
unattended. Thanks for anyones help in advance.
 
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