I wondered about that too and googled around. Simple answer: Services can have access to a desktop, but it isn't the same as any user's desktop. Apparently there are some things that a process can do that require a desktop that nobody needs to see. SQL server uses this for task synchronization. So that's why that flag is still there.
On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Ed Clark wrote: > >> If the universe server is on windows XP (or windows 2000/nt or I think >> windows server 2003) you can use services.msc to allow the universe >> telnet server service access to the desktop (there's a checkbox in the >> log in tab). Of course that's only useful if you're a desktop user on >> the server (remote desktop counts as well). But beginning with windows >> vista, services are no longer allowed interaction with the user desktop >> at all >> ... > > In Windows 7, in the Services applet, if you select a service, right-click > select Properties, and go to the Logon tab, there is a checkbox for "Allow > service to interact with desktop". I am curious whether checking this > makes any difference in the issues being described here. > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com > company e-mail: r...@anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
