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• If you schedule a recurring task or one that will run at some
distant point in the future, be aware that the password you
specify must be valid at the time the task runs. If you change
your password periodically, or if you set up a task for a user
account that changes its password periodically, you might need
to reenter the password down the line. You can do that by right-
clicking the task in the Scheduled Tasks folder and choosing
Properties from the shortcut menu.
• The wizard's last page includes a check box that gives you the
opportunity to open the new task's Advanced Properties dialog
box when you click Finish. This dialog box provides some
important additional scheduling options, but you can always
come back to it later by right-clicking the task in the Scheduled
Tasks folder and choosing Properties from the shortcut menu.

A Note About Security

The behavior of the Windows 2000 Scheduled Tasks facility
points up a fact that you should always keep in mind when
working on a network or sharing your own machine with other
user accounts: it's possible for someone else to start a process that
runs invisibly while you're logged on to your own account. Even
though a process started by someone else is limited by the
privileges available to that other user, it's possible for such a
process to monitor your activities. If you work with data you don't
want others to see, keep that data on an NTFS volume and use
NTFS file security to restrict others' access.

3. Answer the questions:

1. Where can you execute command strings?
2. What should you do to inspect your Path variable?
3. What is the simplest way to find out whether the program
you're interested in can be run the proper way?
4. How can you make your history invisible to other user
accounts under ordinary circumstances?
5. Where can a program that launches at start up be located?
6. What does the place where you choose to add a program to the
startup routine depend on?