Re: [python-win32] Service does not start at windows boot but at user's login

2008-06-05 Thread spoirot
bob gailer wrote : I run Windows 2003 Server with automatic logon. It seems to me that some services are started after the logon. I base this on noting that I get the Some Services Did Not Start alert many seconds after my desktop has appeared. Could the client repeatedly try connecting wit

Re: [python-win32] Service does not start at windows boot but at user's login

2008-06-05 Thread spoirot
bob gailer wrote : Not really my area of expertise, but might it be possible to use one of the RunOnce keys in your circumstances? My client starts at user's login. This is made by putting a value in the Run key of HKLM hive. My Service is configured to start automatically at windows boot. F

[python-win32] Python Service does not start at Windows boot but at user's logon

2008-06-09 Thread spoirot
Good morning everyone, I may have found an issue for my problem : I've made the service RpcSs (Remote Procedure Call SubSystem) dependent from my own service. Thus, RpcSs will only start when my own service has started. It seems to work. A drawback is that if I want to stop my service before s

Re: [python-win32] Python Service does not start at Windows boot but at user's logon

2008-06-11 Thread spoirot
Mark Hammond wrote : Another drawback is that if your service fails for any reason, a fairly important part of Windows will also fail to work. The RPCSS service isn't *really* dependent on your service; abusing service dependencies for this reason is (IMO) courting much bigger problems. I to