RUN LIKE A SERVICE

Windows NT Family

Registering the Service on the Operating System


If you are using the Windows NT family(NT, 2000, XP, .NET), you can run MyServer as a Operating System Service. Before running the service, you must first register it as a service with the OS.

1. Open the Control Center from the Start Menu

2. Click on Install/Remove service on the tool bar.

3. Click on register service.


Registering Service
Registering the Service

Note: If you would like to remove the service at a later date, you may do so by clicking remove service. This will not remove the program, it will just remove the registration of the servicefrom the OS.


Starting and Stopping the Service

Once you have registered the service with the OS, you can start and stop the service easily from the Control Center.


1. Under the file menu, choose Run as a Service to start the program.

2. When you no longer want the program to run, click Stop the service under the file menu.



Starting and Stopping the Service

Warning In order to close the Control Center be careful to choose the exit command. The Web server and the Control Center are two distinct applications, closing the Control Center will not affect the Web server.

For more informations about the services visit the Microsoft site at www.microsoft.com and search for services.