JP1 Remotes

[Ghallo]

Could the StartService call somehow supply credentials? I am running Windows 2k, SP 4 - While I have looked at Longhorn etc, I don't mess with that stuff at home (I like my Win2k ). The Admin account has been renamed - but I can install any drivers I want. Truly, I am an admin on this box. This is why I was thinking that the issue is with device sharing (Access Denied errors sometimes happen when another application will not let go of the port).

[mpauker]

The problem with your theory is that the driver is NOT doing anything to the port when it's started. This is not a traditional parallel port driver. It is a small little driver that simply uses an undocumented Windows command to alter the I/O permissions map so IR can write directly to the port.

(I know, I know... It's a hack. The problem is that this was originally written for Win 95/98, and I don't have the resources necessary to write a true device driver.)

I don't think that the driver does anything when it's started. It simply makes some calls available to me that let me alter the map.

I wonder if there could be some permissions setting in your service control manager that prevents a program from starting a service?

[Ghallo]

So I backed up my files, got out my Win2k CD and... reinstalled the OS on my laptop. Amazingly... it now works! My primary computer is still having issues, but I don't really care as long as I have 1 computer that is mine, that works. Thanks very much for your help. I appreciate your time - sometimes it just requires a bigger hammer .

Now I can program codes in the room with all my devices! Yay!