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Credentials for email backup

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I am running TI Home 2011 under Windows 7 and attempting to back up Windows Live Mail using the e-mail backup option. The application requires Windows credentials to be entered for this process to run as a scheduled task. Can somebody please tell me exactly what credentials are needed. If it is the Windows user account name, will it work if the account is not password protected and the password entry is left blank. Very frustrating!

Thanks in advance.

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I really could not say if leaving the password blank would work or not. What User account do you use? Default? It really is not good practice to not have a User account setup on a PC these days.

Suppose you could try a blank password and see what happens.

Here is what the documentation says: Note that if you configure a scheduled e-mail backup, you will have to specify your Windows account name and password. This is done for confidentiality reasons. The program will back up only the e-mail messages and settings related to the specified account. E-mail data of all other accounts will not be backed up.

Hi Enchantech

Thanks for response. I have proven that the scheduled task will work with a user account name and blank password. Also your previous fix for auto updates worked perfectly.

Just shows it pays to consult the professionals!!