Vista service - session 0 isolation

[Gene Vangampelaere]

I'm having a problem with a windows service running on a Vista client.
Situation:
A windows service running as LocalSystem hosts a .net remoting object. When
some event raises then the service starts a process. That process is a
windows forms applicatation. That process must run under the LocalSystem
account because it needs some (local)admin privileges. Under XP we used the
"interact with desktop" functionality to show the forms application. With
Vista (Session 0 Isolation) this is no longer possible. Anyone some advice
about this?




Kind regards,

Gene

 

[thecreator]

Hi Gene,

What version of Vista are you referring to? Was the installation of
Vista, done on a clean partition or overtop an existing operating system?
While upgrades of Vista are marketed that you can install overtop an
existing operating system, it brings nothing but problems, because some
programs needs special drivers installed for a specific operating system.

Any new operating system, should be installed on a clean partition or
follow a reformat and install procedure.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I don't know the answer. You're far more likely to find someone who does
know the answer on the MSDN Vista forums.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=24&SiteID=1

 

[Alun Harford]

Hi Gene,

What version of Vista are you referring to? Was the installation of
Vista, done on a clean partition or overtop an existing operating system?
While upgrades of Vista are marketed that you can install overtop an
existing operating system, it brings nothing but problems, because some
programs needs special drivers installed for a specific operating system.

Any new operating system, should be installed on a clean partition or
follow a reformat and install procedure.

WTF???

Alun Harford

 

[Alun Harford]

I'm having a problem with a windows service running on a Vista client.
Situation:
A windows service running as LocalSystem hosts a .net remoting object. When
some event raises then the service starts a process. That process is a
windows forms applicatation. That process must run under the LocalSystem
account because it needs some (local)admin privileges. Under XP we used the
"interact with desktop" functionality to show the forms application. With
Vista (Session 0 Isolation) this is no longer possible. Anyone some advice
about this?

Not at the moment. Microsoft doesn't seem to have bothered to document
such things (or, document them somewhere I can find them)

Maybe a .NET group will be able to help you better.

Alun Harford