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| Sep 11, 2012 at 21:44 | vote | accept | VEC | ||
| Sep 6, 2012 at 21:00 | comment | added | Synetech | Yes, you want it to run in the system context. You can change the user to SYSTEM (and provide the admin password) in the Services snap in. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 20:47 | comment | added | VEC | Well I created the service as the default user (the public account) but I thought the point was to make the service run in the SYSTEM? | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 19:50 | comment | added | Synetech |
What service account is it currently set to? You can set the username and password for the service so that it doesn’t prompt you or fail to run when it doesn’t get the login information. You can do it from the command-line or more easily with the Services snapin (services.msc).
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| Sep 6, 2012 at 17:44 | comment | added | VEC | On initial log on, the password prompt comes up for the admin panel. If I leave it alone, it will still shut off after X minutes of inactivity. So it is kinda working as a service. However it still does not work when I log off and when I log back in, the WinOFF service isn't working anymore. I've set the inactivity to 1 minute for testing and it just won't shut off after logging off and logging back in but it does on initial log on. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 1:43 | comment | added | Synetech |
Why do you have to save the setting each time? You should be able to run it with admin privileges once, configure it, and have it run with those settings. What may be happening however is that if it is saving the settings to the HKCU branch (the user-specific registry branch), then when it runs in the system domain, it is finding that there are no settings and prompting you to run it. In that case, you should be able to run it and configure it by “running” it by starting the service manually after logging in (e.g. net start WinOff) and configuring it then.
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| Sep 5, 2012 at 21:15 | comment | added | VEC | Ok I can get it to run as a service but it doesn't save any of the settings like Autostart at start up without inputting the password each time. Or shutdown after X minutes. It's all reset to default. | |
| Aug 31, 2012 at 13:34 | comment | added | Synetech |
Programs that are auto-run via user locations (the user’s copy of the Startup folder or the user’s Run key) will cause them to run when the user logs in. Programs that are auto-run via system locations (the global Startup folder or the HKLM Run key) are run on boot. If it’s not working for some reason, you can do some testing to find out why, but it may be easier to just install it as a service which should guarantee that it runs even before anyone logs in.
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| Aug 31, 2012 at 0:54 | comment | added | VEC | Are you sure that making it run as SYSTEM will work? I tried changing the registry as you mentioned but WinOFF still does not seem to work. If you're sure it works, maybe I did something wrong. | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 2:42 | history | answered | Synetech | CC BY-SA 3.0 |