# Run as Service failed login

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/run-as-service-failed-login/19902
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 12, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/run-as-service-failed-login/19902 "2025-01-12T17:58:49Z")
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### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/run-as-service-failed-login/19902/10 "2025-01-13T01:11:59Z")

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> [@Marabunta](#):
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> Login with the new password was possible

Good first step.

[Migrating from User to Service install on Windows](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660/46) are currently the latest directions for that.

> [@Marabunta](#):
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> Can I just import the jobs and everything is fine?

That won’t know where your old databases were. It will assign new paths. Best to move old.  
You can adapt the directions if you like, e.g. copy the old DBs to what Database screen has.

> [@Marabunta](#):
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> can I still access it with just the backup files and the password

[Direct restore from backup files](https://docs.duplicati.com/getting-started/restoring-files#direct-restore-from-backup-files)

> To restore files from the backup, Duplicati needs only to know how to access the files and the encryption passphrase (if any).

Is that what you mean? There’s also:

[Migrating Duplicati to a new machine](https://docs.duplicati.com/detailed-descriptions/migrating-duplicati-to-a-new-machine)

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