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by kmooney3 1 view

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Is there a way to unlock windows 2000 when a bat file runs at a scheduled time?

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by cmiller5400

Why do you want to unlock the machine? Is there something failing in the bat file?

by kmooney3

its not the bat file that fails, but an error comes up when access starts and tries to run reports. The errors says basically that it won't allow the macro or docmd to run while the database loads.

by Former member

You can try this out. :)

batch file that is like a computer password

we now have a batch that is like a computer password, maybe you could stick it in autoexec.exe and make it run at startup?

@Echo off
echo Enter password then [F6] and then smack the [Enter] key real hard!
prompt $e[30m
echo on
echo off
copy con password.dat>nul
prompt $e[0m
echo on
echo off
cls
copy password.set+password.dat password.bat>nul
call password.bat
if '%password%==qwerty goto done
echo Incorrect, you are not trying to break into my pc are you?
choice /t:y,3
if errorlevel 2 goto next
:next
erase password.bat
erase password.dat
:hello
cls
echo Turn off PC
goto hello
:done
erase password.dat
erase password.bat
set password=qwerty
prompt $p$g

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by kmooney3

The computer needs to stay on, so this needs to unlock the computer, and then run the bat file which opens access and runs reports, I think the problem arises because in the vb code for logging into the system in access i simulate a click command which i think needs to have the computer unlocked in order to run. Does this make sense? thanks.

by rob miners

Make sure that you choose a user with sufficient permissions to run the program. By default, the wizard selects the name of the user who is currently logged on. Create a user with Administrative privelages EG: tsched and use that account to run the task.

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by kmooney3

Hello,

I can't create users on the domain, would this matter?

by rob miners

haven't got admin permissions why are you attempting this task. Are you trying to write back to a file server. Try start /wait

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5099

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by kmooney3

i don't have admin rights on the domain because i'm consulting for another company. however, i do have admin right on this computer. the bat file works without a problem, i believe now that there is an issue with the access macro. Is there a way to delay the running of a macro until the load process is complete?

by rob miners

as I have never had to automate access reports. You may have to have a play with the batch file. /x macro Starts Access and runs the specified macro. Another way to run a macro when you open a database is to use an AutoExec macro.

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