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This probably runs as a task. &nbsp;Go to Control Panel \ Scheduled Tasks and find the one that runs your process. &nbsp;Double-click the task and toward the bottom it will say Run as. &nbsp;This is your user.
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This probably runs as a task.  Go to Control Panel \ Scheduled Tasks and find the one that runs your process.  Double-click the task and toward the bottom it will say Run as.  This is your user.

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It is an actual service that I wrote. &nbsp;So I can confirm that it is not a scheduled task.
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It is an actual service that I wrote.  So I can confirm that it is not a scheduled task.

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Ha, really wished I had paid attention. &nbsp;Thanks for the help!
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Ha, really wished I had paid attention.  Thanks for the help!

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A service will use either &quot;Local system account&quot; or &quot;This account&quot; for credentials. &nbsp;Which is it using?
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A service will use either "Local system account" or "This account" for credentials.  Which is it using?

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It is using Local System Account.
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I have a service that runs daily and calculates a bunch of data then outputs it to a csv. &nbsp;I am trying to output that csv to a network location, but I don't know what user the service runs as, therefore I can't set up permissions on the network location.<br />
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My question: What user do I have to grant access to read/write in that location? &nbsp;Or how do I find that information.
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I have a service that runs daily and calculates a bunch of data then outputs it to a csv.  I am trying to output that csv to a network location, but I don't know what user the service runs as, therefore I can't set up permissions on the network location.

My question: What user do I have to grant access to read/write in that location?  Or how do I find that information.

Windows Service Default User

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).