Interesting. Hope it works. That's great. There are some issues though which makes me wonder. For instance, the computer name would never be the domain name especially if you don't have a domain. For instance, my computer is Office, but is not the domain name. That is "riverside." Workgroup or MSHOME or Spaghetti would seem to work better if they are all the same.

Before I found the logon change under admin, I went directly to services on the main computer. (services.msc in the Run field) or Services under administrative tools. There are two services there: Amazing Charts Admin Service (which you used) and Amazing Charts Service. I tried over and over to change from local account to user account on the main computer. Obviously, given that the logon area on Amazing Backups simply changes the Amazing Charts Admin Services, that would have been the one I needed. But, given I didn't know, I had to do trial and error with both of them. One, then the other, then both.

They both describe themselves as controlling the Automated Backup.

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Not sure your level of expertise, but the services run in the background or are ready to run when needed. So, usually the backup would work with the default System Account, but here they want to force it using your local account WITH A USER WHO HAS ADMIN RIGHTS TO THAT COMPUTER. Sounds like you needed it to both computers, another weird thing.

Anyway, just thought knowing how the Amazing Charts logon change in the bottom right relates to the service in the services of the computer, may help you understand why it worked and what you did.

Bert
Pediatrics
Brewer, Maine