no mapping between account and security windows service
During the setup of windows service I get the error: error 1001 no mapping between account and security windows service We use a custom user account for the server. (administrator account) ...
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How to get the active window of a logged on user from a service
I am writing a C# service which has to retrieve information from the currently logged on user like the active window or the last mouse movement. I already learned that I can retrieve these information by using the user32.dll but this does only work from within the user context which calls the methods. This way my service could only retr...
windows service command RPC error (sc.exe or psservice)
I am getting the following error when i try to run the command from remote machine C:>sc \machinename query [SC] OpenSCManager FAILED 1722: The RPC server is unavailable. I have admin previlages to that machine. Any solution let me know. ...
Multiple Windows Services, One Installer, Removing Dependencies
I have a single service installer project that installs multiple services. This is great but a single unhandled exception in any single service will stop all services that were installed by this installer. The code for the installer looks something like this ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun; ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] { new Servi...
Scripting a GUI from within a Windows Service?
I would like to automate a windows app that comes only with as a GUI app (no support for command-line). The automation itself is relatively straightforward with AutoIt. Yet, I am wondering, is-it possible to launch the Windows App from with a windows service (that would simply call the AutoIt script)? ...
IPC Remoting problem
We are receiving the following error using IPC. "Failed to connect to an IPC Port: The system cannot find the file specified." The issue is happening on a Windows 2003 server. Of course it only happens in production. We are unable to reproduce this in our development environment. The Windows service that is attempting to use IPC is ...
Service developed on 32bit windows xp pro, fails to run on windows server 2003 64-bit
A windows service was developed and runs on a 32 bit machine. It communicates to the Project Web Access web service. Now, the service was moved to the same computer as the Project Web Access web service. The code fails and I recieve this error: System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized. at ...
Windows Services: OnStart loop - do I need to delegate?
I've got a windows service which scans a folder every n seconds for changes. I'm getting "the service did not respond to the start command in a timely fashion" when trying to start it up. I've got a loop setting off in OnStart like so: public void OnStart(string[] args) { while (!_shouldExit) { //Do Stuff //...
How to inhib "Delayed Write Failed" message?
Hi, I have a Windows service running in a specified user account with write permission on a shared drive on another computer. The service is logging on that shared drive. I allow the user to enter mapped path or network path (e.g. z:\MyRemoteFolder or \RemoteComputer\MyRemoteFolder) as the log destination. As I am in an unstable netw...
How can I get my Windows Service to display in the system tray?
I have a Windows Service that runs in the background when the PC starts. I want to display an Icon on the system tray to allow configuration after a user has logged in but can't find how to do this. Is there an event I should be looking for which tells me that a user has logged in? As I understand Windows Services can't have a UI so do...
Max TCP Connections to a machine
I am creating a Windows Service in .NET to which N number of client can connect. The service starts a TCP listener and accepts the client connections. The problem I am facing is that I can only open 10 connections to this service. The listener::AcceptTcpClient() method accepts only 10 connection and throws an exception for 11th one. The ...
How error like "Event ID 26 Source Application Popup" can help
I have this error like at service windows, this occurs one time a week or more: Application popup: application_name - Application Error : The instruction at memory_location referenced memory at memory_location. The memory could not be "read". production environment; multi-thread app; each thread performs a task; source is C++, VC8; ha...
How to best avoid Multiple Inserts?
I have a service application that monitors a directory changes. The service application will monitor the directory closely. Here's how it does the thing: Sleep X minutes Scan through the directory, see whether there are new additions Launch one thread per one addition Repeat 1-3 One of the thing it does is that it will insert a reco...
Why do forms fail in Windows Services
I understand that Window's Services have no desktop, and can't access any of the user's desktops directly (indeed, they can run when there is no desktop loaded). Why is it though that launching a form in a Window's Service causes an error? ...
How to detect user activity with a Java service running on Windows?
My goal is to create a system monitoring application using Java. I would like to know when a user is doing activity on a Windows PC. The result would be something like this: 8:00 - 8:15 activity 9:12 - 10:29 activity 12:24 - 15:34 activity I'm not interested in any other information (which key was pressed, application used, etc.). On...
How can I restart a Windows service application written in Delphi?
I have a Windows service written in Delphi. One of the third-party resources it uses occasionally gets corrupted, and the only way I've found to fix the situation is to exit and restart the program. I can detect when the resource is corrupted from within the program, and I can tell Windows to restart the service after it stops, but I c...
Calling a method in a remote Windows Service
I am working on a new licensing system for our companies software. We are using DeployLX for out licensing and generally speaking, it meets our needs. One of the options that we want to provide is a Concurrent License where the client can install our software on a server and the user uses our products via a RDP connection. If they have p...
Windows Services in the The Cloud
Im looking at writing a application for a web 2.0 start up site which will essential monitor specific RSS feeds. Due to the expected up take of such a service I am expecting that taking advantage of cloud computing would be the way to do it, however with my lack of experience I do not know if it is possible to run a Windows service in t...
Starting a process with credentials from a Windows Service
I have a Windows service that runs as mydomain\userA. I want to be able to run arbitrary .exes from the service. Normally, I use Process.Start() and it works fine, but in some cases I want to run the executable as a different user (mydomain\userB). If I change the ProcessStartInfo I use to start the process to include credentials, I sta...
Add FileSystemWatcher and Timer to a .Net 2.0 windows service
Hi, Anyone see any potential problems adding a FileSystemWatcher and a Timer into my derived ServiceBase class?? Malcolm ...