I have a system that must have an application running constantly. I set the
application to run as a service so it will run if the system restarts.
Otherwise, it won't run until someone logs on.

The application takes a very long time to start because it has to coordinate
with many input devices. Therefore the service times-out (at 30 seconds) and
the software does not start. How can I change the default time-out time to
something longer like 90 seconds?

Thank you.

Start | Run, paste this in the box and click OK:

ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/sc.htm

See...
sc failure

Or see sc failure here...
Microsoft Windows XP - SC
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d.../en-us/sc.mspx



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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:C0C7B9DF-02FC-4B03-BFCB-2E2B6521B01B@microsoft.com,
John <John@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I have a system that must have an application running constantly. I set
> the application to run as a service so it will run if the system restarts.
> Otherwise, it won't run until someone logs on.
>
> The application takes a very long time to start because it has to
> coordinate with many input devices. Therefore the service times-out (at
> 30 seconds) and the software does not start. How can I change the
> default time-out time to something longer like 90 seconds?
>
> Thank you.