Running TivoToGo auto-transfers without being logged in on Windows

[rmichaelw]

I notice the "How to keep TIVO server running on Windows XP" thread died in July 2007 with no resolution. I'll ask the question again:

How can I get TTG to run "under-the-hood" as a service to execute auto-transfers without being logged on?

This includes the use of fast user switching, as it still requires a user to be logged on. Has anyone has any luck with this? I'd try it myself, but I have too many projects like this that are taking up my "experiment time" and I hope one of you has found the way.

TIA.

RMichael

[MichaelK]

I notice the "How to keep TIVO server running on Windows XP" thread died in July 2007 with no resolution. I'll ask the question again:

How can I get TTG to run "under-the-hood" as a service to execute auto-transfers without being logged on?

This includes the use of fast user switching, as it still requires a user to be logged on. Has anyone has any luck with this? I'd try it myself, but I have too many projects like this that are taking up my "experiment time" and I hope one of you has found the way.

TIA.

RMichael

Sorry I dont have the info in front of me- but I just set this up the other day on a vista machine to run other startup programs all the time. So I can aim you for some ideas to google for.

First set your pc so that it automatically logs in to the account you want. If I recall you tell it under users in control panel that you dont want a password to startup and it asks you which account to log in.

Then you create a shortcut that locks your pc. I think there's a line to rundll or something to do that.

Now you place that shortcut in your startup group.

The PC will boot, log in the user you picked and then lock the machine. IT will run all the startup programs and keep everything going under that user name. Anyone can switch users though at will (but I believe the startup users session and all it's running programs will 'pause' when another user logs in.)

Let me look quickly and see if I can find the links for you...

[MichaelK]

here's the link i found for vista.

I assume you can do a similar thing for XP.

good luck

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=599

[MichaelK]

found this post about XP-

locks essentially the same to me:

http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadID=199166&messageID=2074805

this post uses a script to lock but looks to me like hte shortcut method in the vista post is simpler and would work the same- looks like it's doing the same thing to my non technical eye ...

[rmichaelw]

Let me start by thanking you for your post, but it was not what I was hoping for. That is because, while I knew what I was asking, I did not express it completely in my post. I will elaborate further:

I seek a solution that does not require the use of a logged in user. I do not use fast user switching for security reasons. Also, this workstation does get used by multiple persons, so having to rely on a logged in user will create occasions where the function will be down. I want to run this as a Windows service, or some reasonable approximation thereof, that does not require anything more than the system be powered up and on the network.

TIA for any help from any of you.

RMichael

[CuriousMark]

Try srvany a tool for turning any program into a service. It is described in this thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=322841&highlight=srvany), which I found by doing a quick Google search on windows and service.

[greg_burns]

Try srvany a tool for turning any program into a service. It is described in this thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=322841&highlight=srvany), which I found by doing a quick Google search on windows and service.

Does srvany work with TivoDesktop? Last time I heard this brought up I thought it was decided it wasn't possible (with srvany).

http://archive2.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=257977

[CuriousMark]

I guess I should have searched deeper.

I guess the OP could look into the TiVo Publisher for windows home server. I wonder if that can be made to run on normal windows.

If neither of those, then there is always PyTiVo which can be run as a service.

[rmichaelw]

I know I could use an alternative wrapper to create a service, but it would I be setting up TivoTransfer.exe, TivoDesktop.exe, others, combinations, etc.? It appears that these work together in concert, so not knowing the nuts-and-bolts of the application, I don't have enough time to do my own experiments to find out. I was hoping one of the community already had cranked this out.

I leave it as an open question for now. I'll try pyTivo as I have the time.

Thanks!!

RMichael