Questions tagged [session-0-isolation]
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Why can't I start a batch file from a service using system() in Windows Server 2008?
I have a C++ program that runs as a service on a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 machine. This program attempts to start a batch file using the following command:
system(C:\pathtofile\file.bat)
In 32-bit Windows Server 2003 this worked fine (the batch…
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Windows media player cannot play rtsp and mms stream urls in Session 0 of Win7 and Win Server 2008
In Windows Server 2003, we developed a program. The architecture is:
(1)There is a Service (called ServA),
(2)There is a process (called ProcB), it is an override Windows Media Player by implementing some necessary WMP interfaces.
(3)ServA will…
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how to acquire the primary display IDXGIOutput in a session 0 service running under LocalSystem
I have a remote access app that uses IDXGIOutputDuplication to capture the primary display. To do that, I need to acquire the display IDXGIOutput:
// intermediate variables for casting
IDXGIOutput* pDisplay_old;
IDXGIFactory1* pFactory;
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How I can switch to different users desktops from windows service
I am trying to record a video of a user desktop when he logged in via RDP, the monitoring is based on the windows service onSessionChange event, due the nature of it then I am facing what is so called Session 0 isolation, so what I am looking for is…
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Session 0 and Session 1, memory usage issues in legacy application (32bit)
I have a legacy windows form application (32 bits) where I initialize it in several instances to multi process thousands of data "in parallel".
When I run this manual application (Session 1) using, for example, 8 instances, each instance runs with…
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Interactive application running in SYSTEM session via SCCM
Is it me or GUI windows don't show up in the SYSTEM account session?
I don't want to interact with them, but they need to pop up since I have a script that interacts with the windows in an automated way.
I built a script that needs to interact with…
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Session 0 Isolation
Vista puts out a new security preventing Session 0 from accessing hardware like the video card, and the user no longer logs into session 0. I know this means that I cannot show the user a GUI, however, does that also mean I can't show one at all?…
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How to run Windows service outside Session 0
I have a Selenium Grid configured with its hub and nodes(VMs) started automatically as Windows services. Sometimes I would like to visually inspect how a test runs within a browser on a specific node but nothing actually appears on the screen. After…
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How can I impersonate an admin user from windows service?
I've been stuck on this question for a long time. Here is my scenario: I create a windows service and I want the service to start an executable installer with interactive GUI. Since the service run under Session0 on my Windows 10 system, I have to…
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Windows 7 session 0 file access
I am trying to start an application as a Windows service and that application is designed to modify files and uses network connection too. I have an Administrator account, called 'admin', which can not see local driver, nor network ones. I have…
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Service runs in session != 0 but fails in session 0
I have a service that executes a .bat file that calls a python program. The python program includes the win32com module.
If the service is run as session 0 it fails somewhere deep in win32com.
However, if the service is run as session != 0, it…
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unable to connect to session id 0 on windows 2012 r2
I want to connect to session ID=0 on a windows 2012 r2. I have a service which is blocked by a popup (i guess, uac/trust or something). So i need to connect to an interactive session 0 (if possible) to see what is blocking me
of course, mstsc /admin…
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Can processes in session 0 share an out of process COM server, please?
In Windows 7, I have an out of process COM server, say "MyComServer.exe". I register it as CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER and REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE | REGCLS_SUSPENDED.
In interactive sessions, session number > 0, only one instance of my MyComServer.exe runs, no…
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UI Automation on session 0
I'm trying to use UIA to automate an application. During the testing phase I run the application on remote server using psexec and starting it in session 0 since this is the only guaranteed available session.
When doing so, I'm unable to automate…
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ssh with putty from session 0 gives 'servers host key does not match ...' alert
I have some test code running from TeamCity. Part of my test code requires ssh with putty. This code works fine in in a command prompt (session 1) but when I run it from TeamCity (which is a process and therefore runs in session 0) I get the…
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