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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: stephenvv on September 13, 2004, 02:40:49 am

Title: Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: stephenvv on September 13, 2004, 02:40:49 am

Any reliable tested method of running Media Server as Service in XP Pro?

Title: Re:Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: JimH on September 13, 2004, 07:19:00 am

People have had success using a utility to do that.  Try a search at download.com.

Title: Re:Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: KingSparta on September 13, 2004, 07:21:29 am

I do run my HTTP and FTP servers as a service because they had an option to do so.

What is the advantage of doing so?

Can't there me an option to Check to allow Media Server to run as a service?

Title: Re:Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: stephenvv on September 13, 2004, 10:44:56 am

King Sparta:

Running as a service makes it easier to control remotely, control startup better etc. Especially if the machine does not autologon.

Yeah, JR river could add that function into the software programatically or there are several utilities that set it up.

JimH:

Thanks for the report - I'm familar with the utilities but some applications don't work well setup as "Run As Service" and I did not find any reports here about it.

Title: Re:Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: Robert Taylor on September 13, 2004, 04:57:11 pm

I believe Jim is referring to FireDaemon http://www.firedaemon.com/ (http://www.firedaemon.com/)

The free version lets you run ONE program as a service

Title: Re:Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: stephenvv on September 13, 2004, 05:02:39 pm

Thanks - I had not seen that app, only shareware apps. I will check it out.

Title: Re:Server - "Run As Service"
Post by: skeeterfood on September 13, 2004, 05:19:32 pm

Check out this thread:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=22109;start=msg154243#msg154243

-John