You are right, Paul ... the service is optional on WinXP Pro. I'm a creature of habit!
-----Original Message----- From: Paul DuBois [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:32 PM To: Gerald R. Jensen; Uriel Wittenberg; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Default Win install --> mySQL autostarts when booting? At 18:47 -0500 9/10/02, Gerald R. Jensen wrote: >Which version of WinXP (Pro or Home)? > >On WinXP Pro, you'd have to install MySQL as a service, ??? Have to, or have the option to? > in which case it can >either started manually or automatically. WinXP Home is more like WinME >(yuck!) or Win98, where you can start MySLQ from a batch file. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Uriel Wittenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:14 PM >Subject: Default Win install --> mySQL autostarts when booting? > > >Does a normal WinXP installation of WinXP result in the mySQL server being >automatically started up whenever one boots up the system? If so this is not >well documented and it's not an appropriate default, at least not for >everyone. Is there a standard way to change that so the server only runs >when explicitly invoked? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Uriel Wittenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:59 PM >Subject: Re: Confused, discombobulated, weirded out, upset! --Windows >standalone user > > >> >Then does a normal Windows installation set it up so the server >autostarts >> >whenever you boot up? I did not manually start the server. >> > > It might be installed as a service. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
