[python-win32] Interacting with the desktop as a service onVista

[Tim Roberts]

Matt Herbert (matherbe) wrote:
> Steven,
>  
> Thanks, I will give this a try.
>  
> So then, is it fair to say that it is not possible (on Vista) to have
> a service spawn a process as a different user, and have that new
> process interact with the desktop?

No, that's not fair to say!  The mechanism you are using should work. 
That's the mechanism Microsoft recommends. There's something going wrong
in the process, but the concept is correct.  I didn't reply because I
couldn't spot the problem off the top of my head, but you are on the
right track.

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