>I have a well used task processor that a client has asked me to convert to a Win Service.
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>I have found many references to that here and it seams straight forward.
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>But, if I am running as a service, is it not true that the service is running before anyone has logged in to the machine. Now if I need to access tables on another server on the LAN, how do I go about logging in and/or mapping to those tables ?
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>TIA
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>Mike
When you set up the service you'll select a "Log in as" account in which to run the service.
If you need to access another server you can either use NT authentication for the account you set up in the service or you may specify another login and password in your connection string.
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