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justinp

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Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
« on: October 09, 2003, 08:10:05 pm »

Hi

I am running Windows XP Home Edition and would like Media Server to load as a service so that a user does not have to login before the client can connect, can anyone advise on a good way to do this?

Thanks

Justin
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Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2003, 10:58:52 am »

There are some free\shareware utilities available that will allow you to do this.

Unfortunately my sleep-deprived mind can't remember the names of any of them.
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Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2003, 12:34:05 pm »

There are a couple of utilities that might help you:

FireDaemon has a free light version and a more robust paid version.

NTLauncher Service is free but doesn't appear to be updated anymore.

This is a good candidate for the FAQ thread, IMO. This question comes up regularly, and the nature of it makes it slightly harder to find with the forum search tool - look for "service" and posts that include system info get listed (Service Pack X).
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Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2003, 03:31:14 pm »

FireDaemon is a greta little utility! thanks a million for the pointer

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Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2003, 10:28:09 pm »

AtYourService is a very good shareware utility that will let you run Win32 apps as services, including Media Server (which I've used it for in the past).
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