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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES
To: craig@ProGroup.COM (Craig Shaver)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:51:54 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199607192240.PAA06649@seabass.progroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at Jul 19, 96 03:40:44 pm
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> The NT's sat there and refused to run anything until 
> some user logged in!  Apparently there is no way to have a program
> automatically run unless you log in and then you have something in that
> little "start" window.  Nice design for a *server*!  I guess if  someone
> uses NT for a server and the power goes down in the middle of the night,
> then *someone* will have to be there to log in and start all of the server
> processes.  (snort, snicker, guffaw, ;^)

In the registry:

My Computer\
	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
		SOFTWARE\
			Microsoft\
				Windows\
					CurrentVersion\
						RunServices

Edit
	New -> String Value
		MyAgent		"C:\path_to_my-agent.exe"

Will start a program each time the NT system starts.  It's a bit more
flexible than editing /etc/rc* on BSD.

Registering the service so that the program is not killed by the first
logoff is left as an exercise for the student. 8^).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.