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source - 14 Oct 2004 05:07 GMT

When a NT service starts and gets some exception it shows a message box
saying "timed out" or something similar kind of message.
Can this message be customized or can a message box be shown saying the
service canot be started becaues of certain resons.

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Mike Dice [MSFT] - 18 Oct 2004 05:23 GMT

NT Services can run when no interactive user is logged into a machine. Don't
use message boxes in NT services to communicate errors. This is a bad
design. Log messages to the system log if you encounter a condition you
think some user/admin needs to know about.

MikeDice [msft]

> When a NT service starts and gets some exception it shows a message box
> saying "timed out" or something similar kind of message.
> Can this message be customized or can a message box be shown saying the
> service canot be started becaues of certain resons.

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