Windows task scheduler – resolving error – “This task scheduler requires that user account specified has Log on as batch job rights”

Hi All,

Greetings for the day!

Today new issue and solution 🙂

Details:

• We have implemented one .Net application – which was traversing through our SharePoint list and finding inactive users in our list
• Job is working fine but we want to schedule it on daily basis
• So on one of server, I went to – Task Scheduler and trying to schedule the job
• After setting all properties, when I submitting job I am getting an following error

Error while scheduling task – “This task requires that the user account specified has Log on as batch job rights”.

If I go to History tab and check – there is following error

Task Scheduler failed to start “\SharePoint List – Inactive Users Job” task for user local\Prasham”. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943785.

Solution

• As I am not Windows person, I was not aware much about this error
• I tried to bit google but not much luck
• On one site found the solution like – “This is a user right that’s applicable to the local system. You can grant the right locally”
• So I went added the respective user to “Administrator” group on server

Steps to add user in “Administrator” groups

• Log in to server
• Navigate to “Server Manager“

• As we navigate to “Server Manager“, from right top corner – from “Tools” menu , select “Computer Management” as shown in below fig

• From “Computer Management (Local)” >> Local Users and Groups – select Administrators group as in below figure

• Add the respective user to the “Administrators” group as shown in below figure

• Once respective user is added successfully to “Administrators” group, job executed successfully 🙂

Thanks for reading ! HAPPY LEARNING ! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 🙂