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→Store Password Securely: Added "ConvertTo-SecureString : Key not valid for use in specified state"
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...obviously to make the above more useful you'd test that the user/pass combo supplied was correct prior to saving to file. | ...obviously to make the above more useful you'd test that the user/pass combo supplied was correct prior to saving to file. | ||
=== ConvertTo-SecureString : Key not valid for use in specified state === | |||
This is the error you get if you try to decrypt the contents of your password file using a user account other than that which was used to encrypt it. | |||
The password file must be created/encrypted as the same logged in user as the account under which the script will run. Therefore if your script will be running from a scheduled task, run from a server using a service account, you must be logged onto the that machine with the service account when you create the file. | |||
== Logged-In User's Credentials == | == Logged-In User's Credentials == | ||