Starting the Change Tasks Password Wizard

For a non-local task, you can specify an account under which the task must be run. You can specify the account during task creation or in the properties of an existing task. If the specified account is used in accordance with security instructions of the organization, these instructions might require changing the account password from time to time. When the account password expires and you set a new one, the tasks will not start until you specify the new valid password in the task properties.

The Change Tasks Password Wizard enables you to automatically replace the old password with the new one in all tasks in which the account is specified. Alternatively, you can change this password manually in the properties of each task.

To start the Change Tasks Password Wizard:

1. On the DEVICES tab, select TASKS.
2. Click Manage credentials of accounts for starting tasks.

Follow the instructions of the Wizard.

Step 1. Specifying credentials

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Specify new credentials that are currently valid in your system (for example, in Active Directory). When you switch to the next step of the Wizard, Kaspersky Security Center checks if the specified account name matches the account name in the properties of each non-local task. If the account names match, the password in the task properties will be automatically replaced with the new one.

To specify the new account, select an option:

• Use current account

  The Wizard uses the name of the account under which you are currently signed in to Kaspersky Security Center Web Console. Then manually specify the account password in the Current password to use in tasks field.

• Specify a different account

  Specify the name of the account under which the tasks must be started. Then specify the account password in the Current password to use in tasks field.

If you fill in the Previous password (optional; if you want to replace it with the current one) field, Kaspersky Security Center replaces the password only for those tasks in which both the account name and the old password are found. The replacement is performed automatically. In all other cases you have to choose an action to take in the next step of the Wizard.

Step 2. Selecting an action to take

If you did not specify the previous password in the first step of the Wizard or if the specified old password has not matched the passwords in the task properties, you must choose an action to take for the tasks found.

To choose an action for a task:

1. Select the check box next to the task for which you want to choose an action.
2. Perform one of the following:
   • To remove the password in the task properties, click Delete credentials.

     The task is switched to run under the default account.

   • To replace the password with a new one, click Enforce the password change even if the old password is wrong or not provided.
   • To cancel the password change, click No action is selected.

The chosen actions are applied after you move to the next step of the Wizard.

Step 3. Viewing the results

On the last step of the Wizard, view the results for each of the found tasks. To complete the Wizard, click the Finish button.