On 1 Jun 2002, at 14:08, Peter Shkabara wrote:
> I am fairly competent on all versions of NT, but I don't know how to do
> this one. How can I get a process to run before anyone logs on? Among
> other things, I need to have a TFTP server running at all times on a
> Windows 2000 server, even if nobody is logged on. I tried to put it into
> the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run entry, but
> this does not start till someone (anyone) logs on. Should I be looking
> at running it as a service?
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Peter
Yes, a service is what you want.
Others have already mentioned SRVANY, which is the canonical way to
run as a service a task that wasn't designed for it.
I've also had pretty good luck with AUTOEXNT, one of the tools on
the NT Server Resource Kit. Depending on what you have handy, it may
also be a tool worth experimenting with.
David Gillett
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