What is the least set of privileges required that an account needs to be assigned in order to install a service using sc.exe? With account privileges I mean Local Security Settings in Windows Server 2003. This service needs to be installed as part of a deployment script and is done remotely to said server by issuing something like the ...
I want to start a windows service which I have created from another windows service. I am using the service Controller which is available. But when I try to start the service I get a message, "Cannot open MyTestService service on computer '.'" I am working on the windows xp operating system. I have given the Account for the service whic...
I need to write a script that disables SQL Server Express 2008 from running. This script will be ran on about 500 machines. In my script, I'm setting the start up type for all SQL Windows Services to disabled, and then restart the machine. In my mind, I have now 100% disabled SQL Server Express from running. I don't care about the orpha...
We require that in a ASP.Net application, a .Net process should be invoked every day at a specified time automatically. This process needs to interact with the database (SQL Server 2005) and generate billing on a daily basis. We are using a shared hosting hence we are not able to create a windows service or create SQL Server jobs. How ca...
Hi all, I'm trying to debug a Windows Service using VS2008 on Win7 64-Bit. The problem I'm having is that none of my breakpoints are being hit, regardless of which build configuration I choose: x86, x64 or AnyCPU. Using "Attach to Process" after the service has started, none of the breakpoints are hit - yet the IDE doesn't inform me th...
The top answer to this question tells me how to stop/start a remote service. Great. Now, all I need is to wait for the actual stop/start to complete. So, what I'm looking for is a dos command to: Start a service, should return only after the service is started (or after a timeout, raising error level) Stop a service, return only after ...
Hi, I've an .net 3.5 aspx page which executes a batch file. The batch file starts and stops a locally running .net Windows WCF service. When i run this page in a test environment, it works fine.But it does not in other environments. So, looks like the IIS does not have enough privileges to control this service in those envs. How do i ...
Well, it works on my own computer where I have visual studio installed. I install the exe file with installutil and the service works fine. But when I install it on another computer where only the framework is present, I still can install it with installutil BUT I can't start it. I get something along this Could not start the Search serv...
Hi, I am developing a distributed application where each distributed site will run a 2-tier winform based client-server application (there are specific reasons for not going into web architecture). The local application server will be responsible for communicating with a central server and the local workstations will in turn communicate...
Looking ahead, to when a Web Farm will be created... We have various windows service applications performing various back-ground tasks: sending emails, thumbnailing/processing files etc. In a server farm environment, we could in theory install and run each service on each machine, however there may be conflicts due to business object b...
I've read the many answers online on how to use SRVANY.exe to create a Windows service out of anything. My service is a batch file that sets up the environment (i need to set env vars and map drives) and then spawns my c++ app. But when i do a NET STOP, the srvany.exe process goes away, and my c++ app stays alive. Is there any way to ...
I have a Windows Service application that every now and then should print some documents. As far as I know, to print those documents, my service must be run with a user account other than Local Service or Network Service. So i have created a user account and added that to the Administrators group and ran the service with it. With locall...
I am running a webservice on server 2008 that needs access to a windows service and I need to give access to [the user that the web service is running as] via the command line. (sorry if my wording is terrible, hopefully the brackets helped?). I know there is a utility available with the windows 2000 resource kit (SUBINACL.exe), but i...
We are working on a web service that has to run a 3rd party process that interacts with a mapped network drive. So we have to map this drive programmatically from the web service. I have already wrapped up WNetAddConnection2, etc. in a nicer class for another project, so I threw the code right in. Our web service is running under Ulti...
Hi, I've created a setup file in winforms application. After installing that setup file i want to run that file at a specific time in a day only. Ex : every day 12 PM that program automatically popups how can i do it? any idea? ...
I have recently taken over a legacy windows service and it has been writing the following event in the system event log: Event ID: 7034 Description: The MyService service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this X time(s). I was looking over source code and found the following code pattern in the service class library: (It ...
I have created a Windows service to open the IIS log, read content, then e-mail this content to consultants that 'The Man' doesn't want to have any access to those servers. On my local machine, everything works great, and the file generated from parsing the IIS log for the day is e-mailed to the recipients. I do not have access to insta...
We have to run a process from a windows service and get a screenshot from it. We tried the BitBlt and PrintWindow Win32 calls, but both give blank (black) bitmaps. If we run our code from a normal user process, it works just fine. Is this something that is even possible? Or could there be another method to try? Things we tried: Wi...
I have written a .NET Windows service which runs as "Local System". Recently I read that, running as local system might expose system credential to hackers enabling them to take over the system. What are the risks involved and how can I prevent them when I run service as Local System. ...
I have a .Net Windows service. I can create an installer to install the windows service. Basically it has to do the following. Pack installutil.exe (Is it required?) run installutil.exe MyService.exe net start MyService Also, I have to provide an uninstaller which runs: installutil.exe /u MyService.exe How to do these using I...