Use the /accepteula command-line switch to accept the licence agreement. Or set HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\PsExec\EulaAccepted to 1 Caution: if the reg key above is set to 0 (EULA was declined once) then the /accepteula will not work, you have to set the key to 1 manually (or delete it altogether).
I agree with Romulo on finishing to start your service as soon as possible. However, if you need the time and you are using .NET Framework 2.0 or later, you might consider ServiceBase.RequestAdditionalTime() method. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.serviceprocess.servicebase.requestadditionaltime.aspx protected override void OnStart() { this.RequestAdditionalTime(10000); // do your stuff }
At the risk of stating the obvious, if you have any C/C++/Java background, I think C# offers you the lowest point of entry. Assuming you’re using Visual Studio 2008, you can follow these steps: Open Visual Studio 2008, and select the File|New|Project menu option. In the New Project dialog… Select the Visual C#|Windows node in … Read more
The following code works for me… no need to prompt for username/password 🙂 <File Id=’JobServiceEXE’ Name=”JobService.exe” DiskId=’1′ Source=”JobService.exe” KeyPath=”yes”/> <ServiceInstall Id=”ServiceInstaller” Type=”ownProcess” Name=”JobService” DisplayName=”123 Co. JobService” Description=”Monitoring and management Jobs” Start=”auto” Account=”[SERVICEACCOUNT]” Password=”[SERVICEPASSWORD]” ErrorControl=”normal” /> <ServiceControl Id=”StartService” Start=”install” Stop=”both” Remove=”uninstall” Name=”JobService” Wait=”yes” /> </Component>
Under Windows 7, open the Event Viewer. You can do this the way Gishu suggested for XP, typing eventvwr from the command line, or by opening the Control Panel, selecting System and Security, then Administrative Tools and finally Event Viewer. It may require UAC approval or an admin password. In the left pane, expand Windows … Read more
If you run the command: sc queryex <service name> where is the the name of the service, not the display name (spooler, not Print Spooler), at the cmd prompt it will return the PID of the process the service is running as. Take that PID and run taskkill /F /PID <Service PID> to force the … Read more
make sure the service is stopped, the services control panel is closed, and no open file handles are open by the service. Also make sure ProcessExplorer is not running.
Update: Nearly four years after my original answer and this answer is very out of date. Since TopShelf came along Windows Services development got easy. Now you just need to figure out how to support failover… Original Answer: I’m really not a fan of Windows Scheduler. The user’s password must be provided as @moodforall points … Read more
Below I have put together everything I learned about Starting/Stopping a Windows Service from a non-Admin user account, if anyone needs to know. Primarily, there are two ways in which to Start / Stop a Windows Service. 1. Directly accessing the service through logon Windows user account. 2. Accessing the service through IIS using Network … Read more
You can use the services console, clicking on the left hand side and then selecting the “Connect to another computer” option in the Action menu. If you wish to use the command line only, you can use sc \\machine stop <service>