Scheduled Back-up routine not running - please help

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We are using Windows XP Pro on a small peer-to-peer LAN.
Using the Windows back-up utility I have created a job to
back-up our main database from one computer to another
computer on the network. I have then used the scheduler
utility to schedule the job to run at 3:00am daily.
However, the routine is not running each morning and there
does not even appear to be any information in the Report
feature - no errors are generated but the back-up is not
being run.

We are all using Administrator level accounts and only the
computer that the back-up definition file resides on
currently has a password. THe destination computer does
not. All computers are left on and logged on. I am able
to manually back-up the file without a problem. Any
thoughts?

Thank you -
 
Scheduled Tasks Cannot Run with a Blank Password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm and scroll down to:

"Scheduled Tasks - Applying/Running tasks without a password"

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]

HOW TO: Troubleshoot Scheduled Tasks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308558

HOW TO: Schedule Tasks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308569


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| We are using Windows XP Pro on a small peer-to-peer LAN.
| Using the Windows back-up utility I have created a job to
| back-up our main database from one computer to another
| computer on the network. I have then used the scheduler
| utility to schedule the job to run at 3:00am daily.
| However, the routine is not running each morning and there
| does not even appear to be any information in the Report
| feature - no errors are generated but the back-up is not
| being run.
|
| We are all using Administrator level accounts and only the
| computer that the back-up definition file resides on
| currently has a password. THe destination computer does
| not. All computers are left on and logged on. I am able
| to manually back-up the file without a problem. Any
| thoughts?
|
| Thank you -
 
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