The Old New Thing

Why does scheduling a task require a password?

March 3, 2008 Mar 3, 2008 03/3/08

Raymond Chen

Kevin asks, "Windows XP lets me install applications, delete files, etc., so why does scheduling a task requires a password?" (I guess the answer to this question wasn't obvious since nobody answered it in the suggestion box.) Because scheduled tasks run after you have logged off. All those other operations occur while you are logged ...