Starting Services under one account?

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Scott

How can I have a couple services only startup
automatically for one account and not in the others?

More details....

I have a user account that utilizes a VPN connection.
Unfortunately, the setup with my company requires me to
have the following services running:

-Cisco system VPN Service
-TrueVector Internet Monitor (part of Zone Alarm)

The only other global settings are some WINS address's.

Unfortunately, this effects the other accounts by not
being able to have certain pages load (ie. Media
Player's pages, Radio guide, etc.). Is there a way to
only enable these services in the one account? I tried
the msconfig option and disabling the services. Proved
this is what is causing the issue. I think it's under
the "log on as" in the main services area; but haven't
figured it out yet.

Any ideas is appreciated.

Scott
 
Services are global, they take effect before any users
even log in.

Your best bet is to stop the services when you're not
doing the VPN, and make a quick batch file to use
the "net start" command to start the services before you
need to VPN.

There's no way to automatically alter services based on
the user, because the idea of services is that they are
global. Writing a batch file is about the closest you
can get (you could even add the batch file to the Startup
group so you can stop or start the services based on the
account you log into).
 
Thanks David,

After some digging, I got a batch file to do what I want
for that user account. Had to change the services to
manual so any new users will get the default (no
service). I'm surprised XP won't launch a service based
on user account. I could see where that would be an
advantage (only certain user can use scanner, CDRW, etc.)

I'd be interested to see if anyone has any other ideas on
this issue.

Scott
 
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