Peter,


yes, you should run it as a service.


If you have an application that you would like to run as a service, take a
look at the file "srvany.wri". Here is an excerpt:

"This file describes the SRVANY.EXE utility. This utility allows running
Windows NTT applications as services. The benefits include:
- allow apps to survive logoff/logon sequences, hence saving the overhead of
re-starting them for each new user
- allow server apps to come-up and service requests even when no user is
logged-on
- allow apps to run and perform a task in a specific logon account,
different from the currently logged-on user "
(This considers Windows NT but I guess it is valid for W2k too.)


Good luck!
/Goran Halfvarson, Sweden


| -----Original Message-----
| From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
| [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Peter Shkabara
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| 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.
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| Should I be looking at running it as a service?

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