Difference between revisions of "Talk:Server Administration"

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From the start menu go to run enter in regedit (save a backup,(i{we}will not be held responcible if you mess up your computer doing this) navigate to KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run right click add key and add the location of the armagetronad dedicated .exe file</nowiki>
 
From the start menu go to run enter in regedit (save a backup,(i{we}will not be held responcible if you mess up your computer doing this) navigate to KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run right click add key and add the location of the armagetronad dedicated .exe file</nowiki>
 
--[[User:Your mom|Your mom]] 18:44, 4 December 2005 (CST)
 
--[[User:Your mom|Your mom]] 18:44, 4 December 2005 (CST)
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* No, a service is a special kind of program that runs in its own user context.  There's a service manager for you to start and stop services, and stuff.  It's the windows version of a unix daemon.  To run Armagetron as a service, you'll need more software, the program can't do it right now.  There are programs available that will wrap any program you need and run it as a service, and this is kinda what I'm after for that part.  Running as a service is only available in the NT kernels, so Win95/98/Me doesn't support it.  --Lucifer (still needs to login or something)

Revision as of 21:30, 4 December 2005

how do you add sections to the "sections" list?

TiTnAsS 10:56, 30 October 2005 (CST)

For the running as a service in windows are we looking for how to run from start up (automatically when system is (turned on)/(restarted))


From the start menu go to run enter in regedit (save a backup,(i{we}will not be held responcible if you mess up your computer doing this) navigate to KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run right click add key and add the location of the armagetronad dedicated .exe file --Your mom 18:44, 4 December 2005 (CST)

  • No, a service is a special kind of program that runs in its own user context. There's a service manager for you to start and stop services, and stuff. It's the windows version of a unix daemon. To run Armagetron as a service, you'll need more software, the program can't do it right now. There are programs available that will wrap any program you need and run it as a service, and this is kinda what I'm after for that part. Running as a service is only available in the NT kernels, so Win95/98/Me doesn't support it. --Lucifer (still needs to login or something)