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SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:10 am
by artafel
Can I strart SmartNAV as a service and how ?
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:47 pm
by VincentG
As a service?
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:07 am
by artafel
yes
Start before the login screen
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:01 pm
by VincentG
What version of Windows are you running?
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:35 pm
by dkehler
Well, I'm not the original poster, but I'm running Windows XP with service pack 3 and I would also like to know if it's possible.
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:22 pm
by dkehler
Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:50 pm
by Birch
It might be possible to run the SmartNav as a service, though it is not an officially supported usage of the device/software.
We don't have direct experience setting it up to run as a service, so we don't know what potential issues might be encountered. There do seem to be some resources online for doing this kind of thing though.
This might be a good place to start :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890
Re: SmartNAV as a service
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:41 am
by dkehler
Thank you for the reply. I skimmed over the link you provided, but I'm not sure at first glance that I want to tackle such a project myself.
Being that a substantial portion of your users are people with disabilities, like myself, who rely on the SmartNav to be able to operate the computer, I would think that this would be a highly desirable feature for you to implement.
As it stands, you cannot use the SmartNav for the Windows login screen, and I have also run into the problem when updating video drivers. There are probably other examples.