Just to mention first that you could bypass cron altogether with this little trick:<br /> Create a scheduled task with the windows scheduler by calling the shell program

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otherwise…

• Install cygrunsrv and cron packages from the admin bundle (with 'Install from internet“ option)
• From a Cygwin prompt, to install the cron daemon as a service type:

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• Start the cron daemon from a Windows prompt with:

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or from a Cygwin prompt with:

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Now change the properties on the service to run as a user other than “Local System”

Run this from a Cygwin terminal

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Show system log of possible problems from the cron daemon (service)

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Check installed modules

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Check current status

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If you get

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this means that the cron service is trying to run jobs as the “Local System” account. Right-click on the service and change the user it runs jobs as to be the one you want.