[slim] Re: softsqueeze as a Windows XP service
I believe my last replay wasn't completely correct. I just finished playing with this again tonight and think I've figured it out a little better. One of the problems is that when SoftSqueeze is run on Windows apparently neither the two SoftSqueeze EXEs nor the application in the Java .jar, accept command-line options. SoftSqueeze get its settings strictly from the registry. I don't think this is documented anywhere. The second problem is that when you run SoftSqueeze and configure it with the server IP address, the settings are saved in the registry only for the current user. They're not system-wide settings. So if you try to run the service under another account SoftSqueeze won't find the necessary registry hive and it shuts down and records the address error in the error log. The solution is to create a user account on the machine. Log in to the machine using that user account. Run SoftSqueeze and configure it with the IP address of the server and set any other settings, such as buffer size. Then have the service log on with that account. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31601 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: softsqueeze as a Windows XP service
andlauer;169833 Wrote: > Q1: Is there a known way to start softsqueeze as a Windows XP service? > If so, where is it documented? > Q2: Has anyone here experienced and solved the above problem? If so, > how? I'm doing this on my PC at work. A couple of important steps: - Run the service logged in under a user account, not the Local System account. - Run the non-headless version of SoftSqueeze to configure it with the necessary information regarding the SlimServer location, ports, etc. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31601 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: softsqueeze as a Windows XP service
andlauer;169833 Wrote: > Q1: Is there a known way to start softsqueeze as a Windows XP service?This > isn't a service but the effect is similar. You could try using Windows Task Scheduler (Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks). Something like this should work: - Create another user on the computer (doesn't have to be an administrator) and log on as it. - Configure Softsqueeze as you want it and confirm that it works. - Close Softsqueeze and start SoftsqueezeHeadless and confirm that it works too. - Close SoftsqueezeHeadless (from Task Manager), log off and log back on as an administrator (make sure it's a different user to the user you created in the first step). - From Scheduled Tasks, create a new task to run start at system startup. Configure it to run SoftsqueezeHeadless.exe and log on as the user you created in the first step. - Right-click the new task and select run. - Softsqueeze should now work. -- NigelMSB NigelMSB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31601 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
