How do you create a windows service

[DarthVega]

Does anyone know how to create a system service in windows? I want to make an autoit script that can't be stopped by a user lower than the administrator.

[Paulie]

Does anyone know how to create a system service in windows? I want to make an autoit script that can't be stopped by a user lower than the administrator.

I found your answer

Here

[DarthVega]

Ok, I figured out how to create a service using sc.exe, but now I have a bigger problem... the service won't start. I've set it to auto and everything. When I try to start it manually it works for 10 seconds and gives me this error message: Could not start the autoitservice on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashon.

Any ideas?

[jinxter]

Did you make it as an infinite loop ? like :

while 1 
.....
Wend

I'm not sure, but I think if you make a program as a service you need to make it respond to the service service (?) ie. it doesn't respond to the start command. an OnEvent thingie might be better.

you might have to browse through the documentation regarding the services and what it's supposed to return.

[dabus]

*Waiting for ptrex to post his one* ...

*ok, I'll do it for him*

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17581

[jinxter]

oooooh.... nifty!

(You learn something new everyday )

[ChrisL]

You need srvany from MS and read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/

[DarthVega]

Sweet, the process actually works now... although there are still a few more problems. The service can still be stopped by terminating the either the autoit exe or the srvany.exe. Also, when the autoit exe is terminated the service doesn't restart the program (even tho I've told it to).

Thanks for the help.

Edited September 28, 2006 by DarthVega