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The best way is to run this program as a service, as you already know. Try again, maybe this link can help you:<br />
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<a href="http://www.geekadmin.com/?p=27" rel="ugc">http://www.geekadmin.com/?p=27</a><br />
<a href="http://www.application-as-service.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.application-as-service.com/</a><br />
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Adio!<br />

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The best way is to run this program as a service, as you already know. Try again, maybe this link can help you:

http://www.geekadmin.com/?p=27 [http://www.geekadmin.com/?p=27]
http://www.application-as-service.com/ [http://www.application-as-service.com/]

Adio!


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Maybe you can use c:\windows\system32\autoex<wbr />ec.nt or \config.nt to run programs while windows boot up.<br />
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I didn't try it, but this is also idea that you can try.<br />
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Adio!
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Maybe you can use c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt or \config.nt to run programs while windows boot up.

I didn't try it, but this is also idea that you can try.

Adio!

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Task Scheduler worked like a charm. Thanks!!!
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Task Scheduler worked like a charm. Thanks!!!

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I would like to have a program (simple telnet server) run on startup in my windows 2003 server. &nbsp;I tried putting entries in the registry (run key) but the server did not run these programs until a user logged in. &nbsp;I need the program to run even if the server is sitting at the login screen after a reboot. &nbsp;I already tried registering the program as a service but I keep getting a 1053 error (Start Service Timeout) when I try and start the service (this also shows in the system event logs). &nbsp;I updated the .NET framework and saw the same problem. &nbsp;I then set the service to run the program I wanted if the service failed. &nbsp;This did not work either.<br />
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How can I get a program to run on startup, before any users even login?
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I would like to have a program (simple telnet server) run on startup in my windows 2003 server.  I tried putting entries in the registry (run key) but the server did not run these programs until a user logged in.  I need the program to run even if the server is sitting at the login screen after a reboot.  I already tried registering the program as a service but I keep getting a 1053 error (Start Service Timeout) when I try and start the service (this also shows in the system event logs).  I updated the .NET framework and saw the same problem.  I then set the service to run the program I wanted if the service failed.  This did not work either.

How can I get a program to run on startup, before any users even login?

How do I run a program on Win2k3 startup -before- any users login?

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).