RC5 as an NT service - help please

[Michael]

If I run RC5 as an NT service, will it still be active when the screen is waiting for the user to log in? My staff signs out every night (and I'm not going to let them keep their machines running if they're not there, they have sensitive finance info on their machines).

Do I need to have Admin rights on their machines?

Is it really as easy as running the client once using the -install switch?

Will it be completely hidden with no little cow?

Michael

 

[TwoFace]

Michael:

Yes it'll run even when nobody is logged in.

You'll need admin rights to install it as a service yes!

It's as easy as running it with the -install switch IF you've got admin rights.

It'll run completely hidden, but will be seen as taking all the cycles in the "Task Manager"

NO COW!

Hope this helps

 

[Michael]

OK - time to go make nice with the IT guy ...

Michael

 

[Pinball]

Yes, they will run when noone is logged in;
You will probably need admin rights to install the client as a service, wheter you need them to run the client depends on how you fill your buffers:
- if they connect to a personal proxy/distributed proxy (without having to authorize with any firewalls) you're just fine
- if you use shared buffers on a (network) drive, you should run the service under an account that has sufficient rights to connect to that drive/share;
Yes it's that easy. They wont run untill the next reboot however, unless you start them. Either via the service manager or via a "net start dnetc" command on the command line;
No, if someone fires up the taskmanager with ctrl-alt-del he/she'll see the dnetc process taking about 99% processor time. There wont be a little icon in the systray. (Unless you use my FakeCow, that is 🙂)


[edit]And Yes!, i type _that_ slow 🙂[/edit]

 

[TwoFace]

LOL yeah I guess😛

You go get those cows Michael!

 

[syf3r]

pinball (or anyone else):

where is the link to the fakecow program...? i saw it here the other day but can't find it in the search...