marcosbozzani/Win10ActiveHours

Register-ScheduledTask : The parameter is incorrect

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seraphtc101 commented

The task will not register running in an elevated powershell session on Windows 10 Enterprise. Full error Details:

Register-ScheduledTask : The parameter is incorrect.
(32,8):UserId:
At D:\win10activehours\setup.ps1:63 char:5

  •   Register-ScheduledTask $TaskName $TaskPath @options | Out-Null

  •   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Category Info                  : InvalidArgument: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...S_ScheduledTask) [Register-ScheduledTask], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070057,Register-ScheduledTask
marcosbozzani commented 
 Register-ScheduledTask $TaskName $TaskPath @options | Out-Null

Could you replace the above (line 63) with the following code and then post the output?

echo TaskName: $TaskName
echo TaskPath: $TaskPath
echo options: @options
Register-ScheduledTask $TaskName $TaskPath @options

Also, run winver in PowerShell to see with version of Win10 you're running (e.g. Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.418))

seraphtc101 commented

Altered Script Output:

TaskName:
Update
TaskPath:
\Win10ActiveHours
options:
-Principal:

DisplayName :
GroupId :
Id :
LogonType : S4U
RunLevel : Limited
UserId : <USER_OBSCURED>
ProcessTokenSidType : Default
RequiredPrivilege :
PSComputerName :

-Trigger:
Enabled : True
EndBoundary :
ExecutionTimeLimit :
Id :
Repetition :
StartBoundary :
Delay :
Subscription : *[System[Provider[@name='Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter'] and EventID=1]]
ValueQueries :
PSComputerName :

Enabled : True
EndBoundary :
ExecutionTimeLimit :
Id :
Repetition :
StartBoundary :
Delay :
PSComputerName :

Enabled : True
EndBoundary :
ExecutionTimeLimit :
Id :
Repetition :
StartBoundary : 2020-02-05T06:00:00Z
DaysInterval : 1
RandomDelay :
PSComputerName :

Enabled : True
EndBoundary :
ExecutionTimeLimit :
Id :
Repetition :
StartBoundary : 2020-02-05T18:00:00Z
DaysInterval : 1
RandomDelay :
PSComputerName :

-Force:
True
-Action:
Id :
Arguments : -NoLogo -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -EncodedCommand CgAgACAAIAAgACQAawBlAHkAIAA9ACAAIgBIAEsA
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Execute : powershell
WorkingDirectory :
PSComputerName :

-Settings:
AllowDemandStart : True
AllowHardTerminate : True
Compatibility : Win7
DeleteExpiredTaskAfter :
DisallowStartIfOnBatteries : False
Enabled : True
ExecutionTimeLimit : PT72H
Hidden : False
IdleSettings : MSFT_TaskIdleSettings
MultipleInstances : IgnoreNew
NetworkSettings : MSFT_TaskNetworkSettings
Priority : 7
RestartCount : 0
RestartInterval :
RunOnlyIfIdle : False
RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable : False
StartWhenAvailable : True
StopIfGoingOnBatteries : False
WakeToRun : True
DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession : False
UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine : True
MaintenanceSettings :
volatile : False
PSComputerName :

Register-ScheduledTask : The parameter is incorrect.
(32,8):UserId:
At D:\win10activehours\setup.ps1:66 char:5

  • Register-ScheduledTask $TaskName $TaskPath @options

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...S_ScheduledTask) [Register-Schedule
      dTask], CimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070057,Register-ScheduledTask

\Win10ActiveHours\Update installed
\Win10ActiveHours\Update not found

WinVer shows Version 1909 Build 18363.592

marcosbozzani commented

The problem seems to be that the USERNAME environment variable is not set ($env:USERNAME) when the scripts runs.

You can try to replace $env:USERNAME with a valid username in the computer. In my computer, its my own user and the logon type is S4U. If this doesn't work, you can try diferent users and logon types to see what works on your PC.

Documentation about ScheduledTaskPrincipal:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/scheduledtasks/new-scheduledtaskprincipal?view=win10-ps

Examples

New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId "LOCALSERVICE" -LogonType ServiceAccount
New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -GroupId "BUILTIN\Administrators" -RunLevel Highest
seraphtc101 commented

Changing the Principal definition to:

Principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId "LOCALSERVICE" -LogonType ServiceAccount -RunLevel Highest

Seems to have worked.