is it possible to keep a program running in the back ground of all user profiles in windows 2000 after you log out? i’m curious as i’ve got a rathr big file a friend is tryting to send to me via a file sharing program but can only get at it when i’m logged in, slowing me down considerably…
In theory, sure - various things run as processes in the background, without anyone being logged in. I have some 3rd-party applications that work this way.
Off the top of my head I don’t know how to make an app run as a service, but you could try setting it up as a “Scheduled Task” that runs when the computer starts and see if that will do what you want. You do this through Start-Settings-Control Panel-Scheduled Tasks. Your app may also have some command-line switches that will be handy (run the executable from a command prompt with /? at the end and it’ll probably show you a bunch of choices).
srvany will do the trick.