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Title: Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
Post by: justinp 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

Title: Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
Post by: Doof 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.

Title: Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
Post by: phelt on October 10, 2003, 12:34:05 pm

There are a couple of utilities that might help you:

FireDaemon (http://www.firedaemon.com/) has a free light version and a more robust paid version.

NTLauncher Service (http://www.duodata.de/ntlauncher/) 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).

Title: Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
Post by: CautionESPN on October 10, 2003, 03:31:14 pm

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

Title: Re:Any advice on running Media Service as a Windows Service?
Post by: nameless on October 10, 2003, 10:28:09 pm

AtYourService (http://www.prismmicrosys.com/) 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).