> Scottie:
>
> Doing this involves editing the registry, so as always, make sure you
> proceed with caution. With Windows 2000, there is a tab specifically
> designed to set up service dependencies, but with NT 4.0, follow these
> instructions.
>
> taken from: http://help.netscape.com/kb/corporate/19980408-1.html
>
> On NT, you can make one service, say Service X, depend on another service,
> say Service Y. This way Service X won't start until service Y has
> been started.
>
> You may follow this procedure to do it:
>
> 1) Open a DOS shell and run "REGEDIT", the registry editor.
> 2) Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window.
> 3) Expand the "SYSTEM" folder (by double-clicking on it).
> 4) Expand the "CurrentControlSet" folder.
> 5) Expand the "Services" folder.
> 6) Scroll down until you find "Service X", and select it.
> This will display a list of values for this service in the
> right-hand
> side of the window.
> 7) Select "Add Value" from the Edit menu, enter "DependOnService" as
> the
> value name, and click "OK".
> 8) When it asks you for a string, enter "Service Y" then click "OK".
>
> These steps will ensure that Service X will not start until Service
> Y
> has started.
>
> Hope this is of some help.
>
> Dave Turner
> davet@iea-software.com
> System Admin/Support Engineer
> IEA-Software
> 509-444-2455
> ext. 111
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: emerald-request@iea-software.com
> > [mailto:emerald-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett
> > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 4:37 AM
> > To: Emerald
> > Subject: [Emerald] Serv-U 2.5d and services
> >
> >
> > Hello Lists,
> >
> > This is probably not the best list to ask this on but I
> > figure some of you
> > may have ran into it. I am running Serv-U 2.5d as a service.
> > My question is:
> > How can I set the order the services load so that it will
> > load after SQL
> > server? I get an error at the moment that the Emerald database has not
> > recovered, and I have to stop and restart the service for the
> > people to
> > login.
> >
> > TIA
> > Scottie Arnett
> >
> >
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Just a note of thanks to Scottie and Dave for posting the original
question and
answer here.
After setting up a sequence of dependencies my Server no longer hangs
when
rebooted, and boots in record time.
--Thanks,Brian DooleyClassic Servicehttp://www.cserv.net
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