I want to schedule my desk cleanup to run once a week. When I go to the Schedule Task Wizard it eventually asks me for my password. My computer to my knowledge doesn’t have a password. (When I turn the computer on it doesn’t ask for a password and this is the only time it’s ever asked me for a password.) So, I just click next, but then I get this error:
“An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The specific error is: 0x8007005: Access denied. You do not have permission to perform the requested operation.
What do I have to do to get the disk cleanup to run as a scheduled task? Alternatively, how can I reset my password or figure out what it is?
Tagged with: desk • disk cleanup • task wizard
Filed under: Clean Up Computer
You need to put in the password with which you log on to that account in Windows. It needs the admin rights to perform the activity.
You can go into Control Panel and Users and delete your password or change it.