Comments on: Allowing a Windows Service to Interact with Desktop without LocalSystem http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/08/13/allowing-a-windows-service-to-interact-with-desktop-without-localsystem/ Git, .NET and more Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Abe Voelker http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/08/13/allowing-a-windows-service-to-interact-with-desktop-without-localsystem/#comment-104 Abe Voelker Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:27:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/?p=76#comment-104 Great article on a topic that seems hard to find information on! Thanks for the script. Now, for me this works as far as setting the bitmask in the registry key, but it doesn't appear to actually have an effect when the service is started on my Windows Server 2008 R2 environment.  If I do `sc interrogate servicename` the type column shows "10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS" instead of the "110  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS  (interactive)" that it shows when running as the Local System account with the "Allow service to interact with the desktop" checkbox checked. EDIT: Scratch that - the server had to be restarted completely in order for the registry change to be picked up. Seems to be working as expected now. Great article on a topic that seems hard to find information on! Thanks for the script.

Now, for me this works as far as setting the bitmask in the registry key, but it doesn’t appear to actually have an effect when the service is started on my Windows Server 2008 R2 environment.  If I do `sc interrogate servicename` the type column shows “10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS” instead of the “110  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS  (interactive)” that it shows when running as the Local System account with the “Allow service to interact with the desktop” checkbox checked.

EDIT: Scratch that – the server had to be restarted completely in order for the registry change to be picked up. Seems to be working as expected now.

]]> By: Jason Jarrett http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/08/13/allowing-a-windows-service-to-interact-with-desktop-without-localsystem/#comment-93 Jason Jarrett Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:03:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/?p=76#comment-93 Thanks for this post. I've referenced it in my StatLight documentation. http://statlight.codeplex.com/documentation Thanks for this post. I’ve referenced it in my StatLight documentation.
http://statlight.codeplex.com/documentation

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