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Demus - 28 Feb 2005 20:47 GMT

Hello,
I have the D-Link media lounge and have tried both the dlink server and wmc.
I like the dlink better because of the artist browsing but I like wmc
because it runs as a service so no one needs to be logged on to use it. So
the question is, How can I run the dlink media server as a service??
I found the windows resource kit which provides the instsrv.exe command to
add a service but I cant get it to work with long filenames. Is there any
other way?

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Alan Ludwig [MSFT] - 02 Mar 2005 18:35 GMT

To run as a service a program must meet special requirements. You can't
just run any program as a service.

Sorry,

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Demus - 03 Mar 2005 00:18 GMT

Sure you can. Where did you come up with that???
That's what instsrv.exe from the windows resource kit is for, the only
problem is I couldn't get it to work with long filenames.
In case anyone else wants to know, check out service pilot from nicoware. It
will let you run any program as a service and it worked great with the
D-link media server. No more logging on!!

> To run as a service a program must meet special requirements. You can't
> just run any program as a service.
>
> Sorry,

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Alan Ludwig [MSFT] - 03 Mar 2005 20:02 GMT

Sounds like a cool toy, but I can easily imagine programs that wouldn't
respond well to not being able to display any UI or wouldn't run correctly
with the security limitations placed on the accounts most often used to run
services.

I "came up with that" because I know that services have some additional entry
points that arent present in standard windows .exe's. The thing that runs as
a service MUST have these entry points. I'm going to guess that the tool
from the resource kit actually loads as the service and then loads the
desired program, since you can't add the required entry points later.

Hey, if it works, it works! More power to ya! I'm glad to be wrong!

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Chris H - 12 May 2005 20:58 GMT

Your Right on that , I use it at work to run MRTG on the routers and
switches. It runs as a service and you configure it to call whatever process
you want running. The only downside is if you want to shut the service down,
it doesn't end the process, only the service. You often have to use pkill
(or an equivalent) to end the process which isn't particularly nice way to
end some programs as they don't go through their shutdown routines. It's
very good if that doesn't matter though.

> Sounds like a cool toy, but I can easily imagine programs that wouldn't
> respond well to not being able to display any UI or wouldn't run correctly
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>
> Hey, if it works, it works! More power to ya! I'm glad to be wrong!

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