Hi everyone, I am running Quickbooks which comes with few startup programs and I am also running OpenVPN server on Windows 2008 R2 server. Right now, I have to login to Administrator and keep it logged in for those programs to work from RD Web. So, if Administrator logs out then they cease to work as well. I believe I have to run these "as a service". How can I do that? Thanks

This one may help. http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#startup Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Hello, Quickbooks's database manager does run as a service. The service is called quickbooksdbxx (usually it's quickbooksdb19). You should not have to log in for this service to run. Just make sure that the service is set to auto-start in services.msc. Also, make sure that all the quickbooks clients have the 'host multi-user' feature off otherwise one of the client will be the multi-user host and it will not let the server qbdatabase service run at startup. Just out of curiosity: Why did you choose OpenVPN over Windows RRAS which has one of the most comprehensive VPN solutions built in to the OS? Miguel Fra | Falcon IT Services, Miami, FL www.falconitservices.com | www.falconits.com | Blog

Hi, Please also refer to the below similar threads: windows server 2008 application as startup services http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservermanager/thread/c69a589c-c5fc-4e72-972c-56dd60a1706d Run a program as as a service http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/23f8f619-0b6f-4f25-973d-401be807cb77 Regards, Yan Li Yan Li TechNet Community Support

Hi, Please also refer to the below similar threads: windows server 2008 application as startup services http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservermanager/thread/c69a589c-c5fc-4e72-972c-56dd60a1706d Run a program as as a service http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/23f8f619-0b6f-4f25-973d-401be807cb77 Regards, Yan Li Yan Li TechNet Community Support