WIN32 questions

[Mark Hammond]

"Drew Whitehouse" <Drew.Whitehouse at anu.edu.au> wrote in message
news:wl7l6xwhjt.fsf at anu.edu.au...

> One thing I *don't* need is users logging on and off. When the
machine
> boots up it should immediately login to a pre-defined account and
stay
> logged in. Does that simplify things ? Things are a bit complex in
> that the programs running on the touch screen stations don't run
> asynchronously. They all need to start a particular activity at the
> same time, at the command of the control system.

In this case, you don't really want a service.  You probably want a
simple, normal GUI application - either with or without a visible
window.  This would be run from the startup group, and can just manage
the processes as it sees fit.  As long as you can ensure no one is
able to log on or off, it shouldn't be a problem.

Mark.