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Title: Media Server as a Service?
Post by: DeleteMe on January 28, 2004, 05:19:48 pm

Is there any way to run the Media Server as a service on Windows 2k?  Currently I have to login in before it will run.

Title: Re:Media Server as a Service?
Post by: KingSparta on January 28, 2004, 05:34:28 pm

I was always wondering something.

What would the dif be if it was a service or just run normaly.

i think i read somthing about my Http server might\could do this.

Title: Re:Media Server as a Service?
Post by: DougHamm on January 28, 2004, 06:05:33 pm

Quote from: KingSparta on January 28, 2004, 05:34:28 pm

I was always wondering something.

What would the dif be if it was a service or just run normaly.

i think i read somthing about my Http server might\could do this.

As DeleteMe points out, running it as a service means it runs regardless of who/whether someone is logged in.

There are apps out there (do a google search) that can run executables as services.  Perhaps one of them would work with media server.

-Doug

Title: Re:Media Server as a Service?
Post by: KingSparta on January 28, 2004, 06:31:39 pm

I See

Title: Re:Media Server as a Service?
Post by: RemyJ on January 28, 2004, 06:36:03 pm

I've successfully run it as a service using the srvany.exe tool provided in the W2K Resource Kit and with FireDaemon.  

I wrote a how-to for this last year (or the year before maybe) but it's not showing up in a forum search.  I'll see if I can find the original.

Basically you have to run it once with the "Allow Desktop Interaction" flag set so you can set the correct options. After that, it can/will run fine without anyone logged on.

Title: Re:Media Server as a Service?
Post by: DeleteMe on January 30, 2004, 03:32:24 pm

Thanks for the info.  I'll give srvany.exe a try . . . if that doesn't work, I'll be back!   :)