I have a com+ application that runs (initializes) through a web application. I have deployed it successfully on win XP (for testing) and on the Win Server 2008 but it only works when a user is logged-in.
Since the server is hosted on an external location (GoDaddy in my case), I cannot just log in and leave the server with user locked-in.
I tried couple of solutions that I have found on google but none worked. One of the solution was to start the COM application through a scheduled task to run when windows starts but it doesn't work. When I log back in and run the web application, a second instance of the COM application is created with the same user.
Another solution was to change the DCOM config settings - Changed to specific (admin) user from Interactive user in the Identity tab of the COM application properties. But in this case the application didn't even work. (It initialized but failed to perform any calculation).
Is there anything else that I could try? (Also tried to create a Windows service but didn't find any clear instructions anywhere..)
TK