Guest Peter Lawton Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 I'm trying to create a scheduled task in Windows 2008 server to run as a domain services account but I can't seem to set a task to run as any account other than me, even though I get a browse button to chose the account to run as. In fact when I try to change accounts back to myself I still get an error "The specified account name is not valid" I've been able to do this under W2003, what's the trick to getting it to work in W2008? Thanks Peter Lawton
Guest Kerry Brown Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Re: Windows 2008 run scheduled task as domain account ? "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message news:%23Ci7JDsgIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I'm trying to create a scheduled task in Windows 2008 server to run as a > domain services account but I can't seem to set a task to run as any > account other than me, even though I get a browse button to chose the > account to run as. > > In fact when I try to change accounts back to myself I still get an error > "The specified account name is not valid" > > I've been able to do this under W2003, what's the trick to getting it to > work in W2008? > Try specifying the user name in the format "domain_name\user_name". On a member server it might be trying to use a local account as in "computer_name\user_name". -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
Guest Peter Lawton Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Re: Windows 2008 run scheduled task as domain account ? That doesn't seem to work either It's strange say my domain is "mydomain.co.uk" or DOMAIN If I try to enter either DOMAIN\username or username@mydomain.co.uk it gets changed to MYDOMAIN\username. Same thing happens if I type it in or select from he domain. Same thing happens on Vista SP1 as well as W2008 and I've tried on two completely separate domains with the same result I wonder if it can't cope with CCTLDs longer than .COM ? Peter Lawton "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message news:10B194DD-CE28-4E6E-ADA0-982ED938427B@microsoft.com... > "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message > news:%23Ci7JDsgIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> I'm trying to create a scheduled task in Windows 2008 server to run as a >> domain services account but I can't seem to set a task to run as any >> account other than me, even though I get a browse button to chose the >> account to run as. >> >> In fact when I try to change accounts back to myself I still get an error >> "The specified account name is not valid" >> >> I've been able to do this under W2003, what's the trick to getting it to >> work in W2008? >> > > > Try specifying the user name in the format "domain_name\user_name". On a > member server it might be trying to use a local account as in > "computer_name\user_name". > > -- > Kerry Brown > Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ > > >
Guest Kerry Brown Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Re: Windows 2008 run scheduled task as domain account ? When specifying the domain in a user name with that format you only use the NETBIOS name of the domain. In this case it would be MYDOMAIN\user_name. It sounds like something else is the problem though. It could be a DNS problem resolving a domain controller to authenticate the account. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message news:utcfDutgIHA.1944@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > That doesn't seem to work either > > It's strange say my domain is "mydomain.co.uk" or DOMAIN > > If I try to enter either DOMAIN\username or username@mydomain.co.uk it > gets changed to MYDOMAIN\username. Same thing happens if I type it in or > select from he domain. > > Same thing happens on Vista SP1 as well as W2008 and I've tried on two > completely separate domains with the same result > > I wonder if it can't cope with CCTLDs longer than .COM ? > > Peter Lawton > > "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message > news:10B194DD-CE28-4E6E-ADA0-982ED938427B@microsoft.com... >> "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message >> news:%23Ci7JDsgIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> I'm trying to create a scheduled task in Windows 2008 server to run as a >>> domain services account but I can't seem to set a task to run as any >>> account other than me, even though I get a browse button to chose the >>> account to run as. >>> >>> In fact when I try to change accounts back to myself I still get an >>> error "The specified account name is not valid" >>> >>> I've been able to do this under W2003, what's the trick to getting it to >>> work in W2008? >>> >> >> >> Try specifying the user name in the format "domain_name\user_name". On a >> member server it might be trying to use a local account as in >> "computer_name\user_name". >> >> -- >> Kerry Brown >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience >> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ >> >> >> >
Guest Peter Lawton Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Re: Windows 2008 run scheduled task as domain account ? Very strange but I've got the same issue happening on two completely unconnected domains, one "domain.org.uk" and one "domain.co.uk" for domainname.org.uk which has the old style NETBIOS domain name DOMAIN when I try to enter DOMAIN\username its changed to DOMAINNAME\username where domainname is the first part of the DNS name. Very curious, I can get round it by logging on as the service account itself and then creating the task without changing the account name, but it's a bit of a nuisance. Peter Lawton "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message news:CDC02FC9-1B82-4D34-BDD3-574F74DA434D@microsoft.com... > When specifying the domain in a user name with that format you only use > the NETBIOS name of the domain. In this case it would be > MYDOMAIN\user_name. It sounds like something else is the problem though. > It could be a DNS problem resolving a domain controller to authenticate > the account. > > -- > Kerry Brown > Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ > > > > "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message > news:utcfDutgIHA.1944@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> That doesn't seem to work either >> >> It's strange say my domain is "mydomain.co.uk" or DOMAIN >> >> If I try to enter either DOMAIN\username or username@mydomain.co.uk it >> gets changed to MYDOMAIN\username. Same thing happens if I type it in or >> select from he domain. >> >> Same thing happens on Vista SP1 as well as W2008 and I've tried on two >> completely separate domains with the same result >> >> I wonder if it can't cope with CCTLDs longer than .COM ? >> >> Peter Lawton >> >> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message >> news:10B194DD-CE28-4E6E-ADA0-982ED938427B@microsoft.com... >>> "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message >>> news:%23Ci7JDsgIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> I'm trying to create a scheduled task in Windows 2008 server to run as >>>> a domain services account but I can't seem to set a task to run as any >>>> account other than me, even though I get a browse button to chose the >>>> account to run as. >>>> >>>> In fact when I try to change accounts back to myself I still get an >>>> error "The specified account name is not valid" >>>> >>>> I've been able to do this under W2003, what's the trick to getting it >>>> to work in W2008? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Try specifying the user name in the format "domain_name\user_name". On a >>> member server it might be trying to use a local account as in >>> "computer_name\user_name". >>> >>> -- >>> Kerry Brown >>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience >>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ >>> >>> >>> >> >
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