I'll take a stab at it... If it is run as a service then you don't have to be logged into the computer for SC to be running (the old Start at boot mode). The advantage here is that if the box has to restart then SC starts automatically without having to have someone log into it, etc. Think of it as running in the background whenever the computer is on.
If it is run as a user then a user has to log in (old Start automaticaly during login mode). The disadvantage here is that it won't start until someone logs in and if/when they log out then SC stops. To make matters more complicated when it is run as a service it can be either run from the "System" account or a specified "user" account. The system account method is what was typically done before, I guess. A system account wouldn't generally have access to things outside of the box (like an external network drive, etc.). If it is run with an actual specified user account then it would typically be allowed greater security rights. I'm not sure if the increased importance of the SqueezeNetwork functionality with V7 has played a role in the decision to generally have people using the "run as a service" option to actually use the "specified user account" method or not. Hopefully this clarifies the options a bit. -- dwilliams01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dwilliams01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40575 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
