If you are running SC7 on XP you want it to start as a Service
(automatically at reboot) not as an application.
Hence the option has disappeared...it should automatically install like
this AFAIK. However, someone else will no doubt advise in more detail...
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the
The default is now to run as an application (so it starts when you
login). However, if you want it to run as a service instead (starts at
bootup) there's an icon in the start menu to switch it over.
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radish
radish's
WinXP - C:\Program Files\SqueezeCenter\ServiceEnabler.exe which should
launch the start-up options dialogue (or Start All Programs
SqueezeCenter SqueezeCenter startup options). As my music and SC7
are all on the same machine and disk I just selected Start
automatically... and left all the
Thanks for the explanation...but why would anyone want to run it as an
app rather than as a service? Is that a Vista thing?
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann
JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS
Whenever you have network drives there can be hassles if you're running
as a service due to the security model. I think the decision was that
most users would be happy with it as an app and it would cut down on
support calls.
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radish
Phil Leigh;289980 Wrote:
Thanks for the explanation...but why would anyone want to run it as an
app rather than as a service? Is that a Vista thing?
I'll venture a guess that it was decided that dealing with the
permission problems of running as a service were beyond the average
user.
In
Excellent Explanations!
I'll be able to fix that up tonight. Thanks everyone!
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Murph
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Thanks for the explanation...but why would anyone want to run it as an
app rather than as a service? Is that a Vista thing?
Support had to deal with a lot of issues when user tried to access iTunes or
music on network shares: as a service by default is running in a different
context (not the
mherger;290052 Wrote:
Thanks for the explanation...but why would anyone want to run it as
an
app rather than as a service? Is that a Vista thing?
Support had to deal with a lot of issues when user tried to access
iTunes or music on network shares: as a service by default is running
in
pski;290146 Wrote:
So here's what I'm wanting.. (forget itunes integration...)
XP Pro: start as a service. With 7.0 I've tried starting at startup to
no avail. I still have to RDP to the server and signon to get SC up.
Music is on a share (NAS) Setting the network password for the user
pski;290146 Wrote:
So here's what I'm wanting.. (forget itunes integration...)
XP Pro: start as a service. With 7.0 I've tried starting at startup to
no avail. I still have to RDP to the server and signon to get SC up.
Have you run the service installer yet?
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