Windows 11 22H2 upgrade breaks "Run whether user is logged on or not" scheduled tasks

Anonymous
2022-10-09T09:00:28+00:00

I have a number of scheduled tasks with the "Run whether user is logged on or not" option set, with the default setting of storing the password for the account.

Everything was running fine, until the 22H2 update.

Now such tasks won't start, yielding

"Task Scheduler failed to start "xxx" task for user "yyy". Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726.

Re-entering the password for the (local) user account does not help.

If I check the "Do not store password" option the task can start, but this prevents the task from accessing network resources.

Repro'ed on two machines, so doesn't feel like a configuration issue.

Any clue?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-03T21:13:52+00:00

    After updating multiple windows 11 devices to 22H2 I put all of the rest of the updates on hold both windows 10 and 11. I do not currently have any windows 10 devices that have been updated to 22H2 to test.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-03T20:27:02+00:00

    Are you suggesting that Windows 10 22H2 also exhibits this regression?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-03T15:26:24+00:00

    I have been testing with some windows 10 workstations the I have not allowed to be update to 22H2. They work fine running my batch files in scheduled tasks over the network, so this is clearly related to the update to 22H2 and not just on windows 11. Microsoft should provide a way to uninstall this feature update until this is straightened out. This is a big deal for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-03T15:25:07+00:00

    I have been testing with some windows 10 workstations the I have not allowed to be update to 22H2. They work fine running my batch files in scheduled tasks over the network, so this is clearly related to the updates to 22H2 and not just on windows 11. Microsoft should provide a way to uninstall this feature update until this is straightened out.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-03T06:41:22+00:00

    Same issue for me, need the scheduler to kick-off my network backup, so need a proper fix!

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