Startup order of Services 1

[YvonneC]

Is there anyway to set the startup order of services for Windows 2K?

We have 4 services in particular for a certain application that need to be started in a particular order if ever the server is rebooted.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers.

 

[InfrArch]

Yes, it's possible. It can be done by defining the dependencies for each service. So, firstly the dependant service starts, then the main one. So, you have to define , that 1 service depends on 2, 2 depends on 3 and so on. By this strategy you can achieve your goal.
Here is the instructions of how to modify dependency:

Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive, go to the following key:

\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service name>
From the Edit menu, select Add Value.
Add the following:

Value Name: DependOnService
Data Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Data: <svc_name>


NOTE: <svc_name> Indicates the NT service that is needed to have already been started for this service to start.
Click OK and quit Registry Editor.
Shut down and restart Windows.

That's all.
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Victor K
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