Possible to run a .exe as a process?

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reveille_83

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I'm looking to run a program.

Windows 2003 Standard..

I'm trying to have a program start before the "login screen" is this possible?
 
this involves some serious registry hacking. any other solution?

as of right now i have the program in the "Startup" folder. But you have to login to run this..

Any other suggestions?
 
reveille_83 said:
this involves some serious registry hacking. any other solution?
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That's actually quite light. I'd take that as the best solution available.
 
It's definately possible...that's what the Cisco VPN client we use at work does. It fires up before you even get a chance to type your password in...which it needs to or you can't connect.
 
Providence said:
It's definately possible...that's what the Cisco VPN client we use at work does. It fires up before you even get a chance to type your password in...which it needs to or you can't connect.
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I actualy think that's a Cisco Gina.
 
try editing the registry and adding a string value to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run I *think* that'll do what you want.
 
The easiest, by far, solution is to use built-in task scheduler (look in control panel). Click on "Add Scheduled Task" icon and it will open Scheduled Task Wizard. There you have option to start task "When my computer starts".
 
in order to have the file running at all times, starting immediatly at boot and before login, srvany will be what you need. the registry changes involved are not nearly as bad as you describe. once you read the doc for srvany, you will see that its quite simple to create your own service.
 
This isn't working for me yet. What do I do if the program I want to run requires a password on startup?
 
reveille_83 said:
This isn't working for me yet. What do I do if the program I want to run requires a password on startup?
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Why don't you tell us what program your dealing with? It would go a long way to figuring out if what you want to do is even possible with that program.
 
Sorry,

Thanks for all the help.

I'm dealing with MDCM. Max Data Collection Manager. I have talked with the people behind MDCM and they say this program can not be run as a service.

MDCM uses pervasive, and bptelnetserver
 
reveille_83 said:
Sorry,

Thanks for all the help.

I'm dealing with MDCM. Max Data Collection Manager. I have talked with the people behind MDCM and they say this program can not be run as a service.

MDCM uses pervasive, and bptelnetserver
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You have your answer.
 
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