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45924	2002-04-27 14:59:00	I have just reinstalled windows2K and im wondering if there is any way to change service startup options between users? the prime reason behind wanting to know this is because I want to do some gaming under one logon and everyday stuff under another. I want the games to be optimised for playing (eg no virus scanner, firewall, MSN etc) and the other to have all this kinda stuff going where its not gonna be too memory intensive stuff. any help would be greatly appreciated.	Guest (0)
45925	2002-04-27 18:02:00	Hi, Right click the service option you want to modify and then click the 'Logon Tab' Select 'This Account' then click 'Browse' and select the 'User' You want to right for this service startup feature and enter in a 'password.' Click OK and Apply. To activate the service log out of the account and log back in.	Guest (0)
45926	2002-04-28 00:26:00	You can achieve this a number of ways. You can do it using hardware profiles, though this will not be associated to the user logged on, and switching will require a reboot so the appropriate hardware profile can be selected. You could also write a batch file that runs the 'NET STOP <SERVICENAME>' command on the services you don't want running, and place it in the the Startup folder belonging to the account for gaming. You will have to write a script to restart them afterwards however, and you'd need to double click it manually. Better still you can use local policies to define a script to be run at logon and logoff, you could use this to run your batch file more elegantly, however you'd need to write a line in it that checks the %USERNAME% system variable to see which user is logged on and thus what services to stop/start. If you like any of these ideas ask back and I'll give more detail.	Guest (0)
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