Subj : Re: Windows XP Service Access to Network Mapped Drives problem
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid>
Date : Mon Jul 28 2003 02:35 pm

Vish wrote:

>Then I tried to access the network drive using UNC
>(\\machine_name\share\file) and it successfully found the file at the target
>machine in the service. But another problem came up was that this service
>doesn't interact with the desktop (means you don't see the service icon in
>the system tray), since you specified a specific account. I am not sure how
>to solve this.

I don't see how you can expect to have an anonimous service to a
secure system.
Either the secure system needs a public logon that your service knows
about, or it needs to be open (shared). Or the service need to be a
part of the user's logon script (closing when the user logs off, and
perhaps not duplicating when another user logs on).

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