ceejay;242586 Wrote: > I'd like to see an "advanced" or "custom install" feature in the > installer which would allow the user to run the serviceenabler as part > of the setup process.
There's another aspect of the whole service vs. user app decision that I've been a little reluctant to bring up. Obviously, there are support issue with running SlimServer as a Windows service. The issues seem to primarily be 1) the inability to use mapped drive letters (because they're associated with specific user accounts) 2) the inability to access network shares (because the local SYSTEM account has limited network priveledges) and 3) the inability to access a particular user's iTunes database (because the local SYSTEM accunt isn't a particular user). But I have to wonder whether running SlimServer as a user application for all new installations may not raise an equal or greater number of support headaches. 1) If the user logs out, all Squeezeboxes go dead and all music streaming stops. This will be a huge problem on any Windows PC that is used by more than one person. Husband/Wife, Mom, Dad and the kids. I may be missing something here, but how do you expect the typical user to understand that SlimServer will not be accessible (and all their Squeezeboxes will be doorstops) until that _one_ user logs back into the PC? 2) The system is unready to run when the computer is started up. No user, no SlimServer. Are you maybe just trading one set of support problems for another???? -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40018 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
