Running as a Service

1. Remove the AutoAdmin 2010 Startup Icon

You must remove the AutoAdmin 2010 icon from your startup group.  To do this go to START > PROGRAMS > STARTUP.  Then right-click the 'AutoAdmin 2010' icon and choose 'Delete'.

2. Enable the AutoAdmin 2010 Service

The following steps will guide you through the enabling of the AutoAdmin 2010 Service.

1. Go to START > RUN and type 'Services.msc' and click OK.

2. Locate the 'AutoAdmin2010Service' and right-click and choose 'Properties'.

3. Change the 'Startup Type' to 'Automatic' and click APPLY.

4. Click the 'Log On' tab and ensure 'Local System Account' is selected.

5. Click OK to close the Properties box for the AutoAdmin 2010 Service.

6. Right-click the 'AutoAdmin2010Service' item and choose 'Start'.  This will launch AutoAdmin 2010 as the System user.

At this point you are finished.  AutoAdmin 2010 is now running as a service on Windows.  This will prevent logging off the profile from keeping AutoAdmin 2010 from running.

NOTE:  To confirm it is running as a service and not the local user, you should open Task Manager, and look for 'ASDS.AutoAdmin2010.exe' and 'AutoAdmin2010Service.exe' and these should BOTH be running as the 'SYSTEM' user.

3. Modifying or Updating Timeslots and Checking the AutoAdmin 2010 Log

Once you have enabled the service mode for AutoAdmin 2010, you must use the following steps in order to modify or create a new timeslot or check the logs.  Failure to follow these steps will result in the AutoAdmin 2010 service no longer functioning.

The following steps will guide you through this process.

1. Press 'Control-Alt-Delete' to bring up 'Task Manager'.

2. Right-click 'ASDS.AutoAdmin2010.exe' and choose 'End Process'.

3. Right-click 'AutoAdmin2010Service.exe' and choose 'End Process'.

4. Open AutoAdmin 2010 from START > PROGRAMS > ASDS > AutoAdmin 2010 and make your changes or check the logs.

5. Exit AutoAdmin 2010.

6. From the services manager, right-click the 'AutoAdmin2010Service' service and choose 'Start'.

7. Exit services manager.

AutoAdmin 2010 is now running as a service and will process your timeslots accordingly.