The specified account name is not valid windows vista

Archived Forums. Windows Server General. Sign in to vote. However, when I attempt to add a new trigger to the task and hit OK, after entering the password for the local user I get the following error message: "An error has occurred for task Backup OS.

Wednesday, May 1, PM. Based on your description, please refer to the following methods to troubleshoot: 1. Thursday, May 2, AM. Best regards, Hurry Please remember to mark the reply as an answer if they help.

Sunday, May 5, PM. Hi, Is there anything else I can do to help you on this issue? Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Tuesday, May 7, AM. I am having the same issue. I dont encounter this in Server R2. Monday, May 27, PM. Found the issue on local account. Nothing changed in 18 years. Like always, instead of solving problems, MS spams the Internet with canned answers, best of which is uninstall Windows.

Saturday, August 10, PM. I get this on Windows 10 pro too. Running as admistrator does not help. We do need more involved responses to these questons otherwise people to just give up! Edited by jason 8 Sunday, August 11, AM.

Sunday, August 11, AM. You're the man, thank you!!! Monday, August 12, AM. Right on Hector. Fixed the issue! Thursday, August 22, PM. For me, I got the error when checking "do this with the user logged or not", if I checked the "do this when the user is logged" I didn't get the prompt that gave the error w10 home. Friday, August 23, AM. I also faced this issue.

I supplied correct Administrator password. But didnt accept it. Thanks Pls help to resolve this. Thursday, August 29, PM. I also started having this problem recently on multiple Windows 10 laptops. Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions.

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Replies 5. Very normal reaction. XP did the same thing as did If you were using those characters in the user names then that is normal. As windows has those characters reserved for other OS functions. This has been true since DOS.

I guess I should have stated the obvious. I was not using any of the forbidden characters. I know the collection of characters that I first listed are not legitimate in user names. For example, I typed in: Margaret and recieved the message.

I typed in: Joseph and got the message.