Thanks, we might try that eventually; but I was hoping to do something for free, with the built-in tools.
>Check out FireDaemon (
www.firedaemon.com) for running an application as a service.
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>>I have tried to follow the instructions at the blog of Calvin Hsia -
http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2004/12/13/282351.aspx - to run a sample program as a service. When I try to start the service, I get an error message to the effect that the service started on the local machine, and then stopped.
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>>I have seen some messages from the past, and understand that I may need administrative privileges. However, I am indeed working with an administrative account.
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>>Any ideas, what else I should check?
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>>TIA,
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>>Hilmar.
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