diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts
index 59e9cc8305a..b8a83c7f304 100644
--- a/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,27 @@ describe("installScheduledTask", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("omits /RU for workgroup accounts so schtasks can use the current local user", async () => {
+    await withUserProfileDir(async (_tmpDir, env) => {
+      schtasksResponses.push(okSchtasksResponse, missingTaskResponse);
+
+      await installDefaultGatewayTask({
+        ...env,
+        USERDOMAIN: "WORKGROUP",
+        USERNAME: "alice",
+      });
+
+      expectInitialTaskQueries();
+      const createCall = schtasksCalls[2];
+      expect(createCall?.slice(0, 5)).toEqual(["/Create", "/F", "/TN", "OpenClaw Gateway", "/XML"]);
+      expect(createCall).not.toContain("/RU");
+      const captured = xmlPayloadCaptures.find((entry) => entry.index === 2);
+      expect(captured?.xml).toContain("<UserId>alice</UserId>");
+      expect(captured?.xml).not.toContain("<GroupId>S-1-5-32-545</GroupId>");
+      expectTaskRunCall(3);
+    });
+  });
+
   it("re-applies the XML on /Change so upgraded tasks adopt battery flags (#59299)", async () => {
     await withUserProfileDir(async (_tmpDir, env) => {
       // /Query yes, /Query /TN yes, /Change ok, /Create /XML ok (upgrade), /Run ok.
@@ -296,7 +317,9 @@ describe("installScheduledTask", () => {
       const upgradeCapture = xmlPayloadCaptures.find((entry) => entry.index === 3);
       expect(upgradeCapture).toBeDefined();
       const upgradeXml = upgradeCapture?.xml ?? "";
-      expect(upgradeXml).toContain("<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>");
+      expect(upgradeXml).toContain(
+        "<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>",
+      );
       expect(upgradeXml).toContain("<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>");
       expectTaskRunCall(4);
     });
diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
index c65d7cf4933..ebf3d6c41ab 100644
--- a/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
@@ -200,12 +200,25 @@ function resolveTaskUser(env: GatewayServiceEnv): string | null {
     return username;
   }
   const domain = env.USERDOMAIN;
+  if (normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(domain) === "workgroup") {
+    return username;
+  }
   if (domain) {
     return `${domain}\\${username}`;
   }
   return username;
 }
 
+function resolveSchtasksCreateUser(env: GatewayServiceEnv, taskUser: string | null): string | null {
+  // Workgroup hosts can report USERDOMAIN=WORKGROUP even though schtasks wants
+  // the current local account. Keep the XML user-scoped, but omit /RU so
+  // Task Scheduler binds the task to the caller instead of prompting.
+  if (normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(env.USERDOMAIN) === "workgroup") {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return taskUser;
+}
+
 function shouldUseHiddenWindowsTaskLauncher(env: GatewayServiceEnv): boolean {
   const value = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(env.OPENCLAW_WINDOWS_TASK_HIDDEN_LAUNCHER);
   return value === "1" || value === "true" || value === "yes";
@@ -1170,9 +1183,10 @@ async function activateScheduledTask(params: {
   let create: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof execSchtasks>>;
   try {
     const xmlArgs = ["/Create", "/F", "/TN", taskName, "/XML", xmlPath];
-    const xmlArgsWithUser = taskUser ? [...xmlArgs, "/RU", taskUser, "/NP"] : xmlArgs;
+    const createUser = resolveSchtasksCreateUser(params.env, taskUser);
+    const xmlArgsWithUser = createUser ? [...xmlArgs, "/RU", createUser, "/NP"] : xmlArgs;
     create = await execSchtasks(xmlArgsWithUser);
-    if (create.code !== 0 && taskUser) {
+    if (create.code !== 0 && createUser) {
       // Retry without the elevated `/RU` form, matching the pre-XML behavior
       // for accounts whose service password cannot be stored.
       create = await execSchtasks(xmlArgs);