Service start by interacting with desktop

[Hassan]

I have an app called VNC for remote management and it seems to only work
when the service starts by having it start as a local account and having the
"interact with the desktop" checkbox checked. If I uncheck it and start the
service, I cant get the app to work as expected although the service is
started.

Any ideas on how to make it work without interacting with the desktop ?
Anyone bumped into this ? Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have an app called VNC for remote management and it seems to only work
when the service starts by having it start as a local account and having the
"interact with the desktop" checkbox checked. If I uncheck it and start the
service, I cant get the app to work as expected although the service is
started.

Any ideas on how to make it work without interacting with the desktop ?
Anyone bumped into this ? Thanks

You need to be a little clearer about your problem. The following
points are of interest:
- What account do you use for the service?
- When VNC does not work, is the service running?
- What exactly do you mean with "it does not work"?
- Which port does the service use?
- Did you check if this port is open?

 

[Hassan]

You need to be a little clearer about your problem. The following
points are of interest:
- What account do you use for the service?

When I can make the app work, it works under the Local Account Service the
"interact with desktop" checked only. When I uncheck it , the app does not
work although the service appears to be started

- When VNC does not work, is the service running? Yes
- What exactly do you mean with "it does not work"?

I just cannot connect remotely to this machine from another

- Which port does the service use?

It uses 5900 that I opened through the firewall

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When I can make the app work, it works under the Local Account Service the
"interact with desktop" checked only. When I uncheck it , the app does not
work although the service appears to be started
I just cannot connect remotely to this machine from another
It uses 5900 that I opened through the firewall

It's time to run a few tests. Run the following commands
from a Command Prompt. You must run some of them on
your VNC server and some on a networked PC. At the
beginning the VNC service should be started in the mode
where it does not internact with the desktop.
1. On networked PC: telnet YourVNCServer 5900
2. On networked PC: vncviewer YourVNCServer 5900
3. On VNC server: Net stop "VNC Server"
4. On VNC server: Net start "VNC Server"
5. On networked PC: telnet YourVNCServer 5900
6. On networked PC: vncviewer YourVNCServer 5900
Report what you see against the six test commands.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Background services cannot interact with users.

Allow service to interact with desktop
[[Specifies whether the service provides a user interface on a desktop that
can be used by whomever is logged on when the service is started. This
option is available only if the service is running as a LocalSystem
account.]]

[[If you allow the service to interact with the desktop, any information
that the service displays on the desktop will also be displayed on an
interactive user's desktop.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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