Payroll checks are not printing. A job scheduled to run \\Payroll_File_Server\Checks\Print.cmd is failing with an "Access Denied" error message. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of…

If the payroll application server were offline, the error would be a network connectivity or RPC failure, not an 'Access Denied' message.

A missing or deleted share would produce a 'network path not found' or 'path does not exist' error, not an 'Access Denied' error.

The 'Access Denied' error is an NTFS or share-level permission error, meaning the security context executing the scheduled job no longer has read or execute rights on Print.cmd. A change to the file's ACL - such as removing the service account or scheduled task identity from the allowed principals - would produce exactly this error. Restoring the correct permissions to the executing account would resolve the issue.

Modifying the content of Print.cmd would not produce an 'Access Denied' error - it would result in execution logic failures or incorrect output, not a permissions denial.