Knowledge Base

The credentials under which you schedule a task in Acronis True Image Home 2010 are your user name and password that you use to log into your Windows system:

(!) Please note that the user name as displayed in Windows may not be the same as it is recognized by Windows. To find out the real user name, please do the following:

• Hit Start-Run and type in compmgmt.msc

  

• Check the user name as it is shown on Local users and Groups -> Users:

  

(!) If you do not have a password, you do not need to provide a password when scheduling a task, but you still need to provide your user name. The user name is usually provided automatically by the product:

It can be in the form of COMPUTERNAME\Username or just Username:

1. To edit an existing task, click Tasks & Log -> Scheduled tasks. Right click on the scheduled task and click Edit:

   

2. Type in the correct credentials:

   

   (!) If you do not have a password, leave the Password field blank. When you click Next or Proceed, the product will validate if both username and password are correct. If the credentials are correct, the product will proceed. If the credentials are not correct, you will see a warning message.

There may also be the blank password restriction enforced on the machine. This means that you may not have a Windows user account without a password. And hence an Acronis True Image Home 2010 task scheduled with a blank password will not run.

If you would like to remove the blank password restriction, you will need to edit the Windows registry:

1. Hit Start-Run and type in regedit

   

2. Navigate to the following subkey:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

   

3. Double-click on LimitBlankPasswordUse

   

4. Change Value data from 1 to 0

   

5. Click OK.

   You should now be able to use a blank password.