[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-22 Thread Jim
Rinse & repeat. And just to make sure install it in a completely different folder. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread MrC
Remove the Slimserver Tray Tool shortcut from your Startup items in your Start menu. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread Desert_AIP
OK, Did the manual uninstall. Deleted all the files and keys. Uninstalled Zone Alarm. Checked in Security to ensure Windows Firewall was off. Re-booted and reinstaleld SlimServer. Selected default paths and unchecked Start Automatically. At the end of the installation it STILL tried to star

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread Jim
Right, it seems your Services are a bit confused. Uninstall again. Go into Admin Tools - Services and I BET you can see the entry for slimsvc still there. Maybe the problem has been it's trying to start up twice or other strange things. You can uninstall the service using Slim but let's not do

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread Desert_AIP
Jim, I'll try your suggestions. Weird that it would install fine on other machines running the same versions of Zone alarm. I've reinstalled and unchecked "Automatically start" but when I go to the command line to start I'm told there is a copy already running. I used the -diag flag and got th

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread Jim
Yes, but on the other hand you could do the clean install and still have the problem if it's something else. Still, always good to refresh Windows every few months. ZoneAlarm even when disabled still does some things - before I had my router (now no need for firewall) I used to use ZoneAlarm but

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread Desert_AIP
Slim Server is not listed in Zone Alarm's list of programs. The server isn't starting so Zone Alarm doesn't see it. Windows Firewall is disabled. There has to be a conflict with another service or a hardware problem, but I have no idea how totrace it. I really don't want to do a clean instal

[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!

2005-11-21 Thread Jim
Desert_AIP Wrote: > The installation proceeds normally, but at the end I don't get the cue > from the firewall that Slim Server wants to act as a server. I got > this cue on the other two machines. Sounds like its blocked. Go into the ZoneAlarm settings and make sure it is ticked to allow. Or