[THIN] Re: Starting & killing background tasks

I looked at this one, but I want something that uses the existing NT/AD
security. Looks like with ZetaFax you have to add each user to the
ZetaFax server.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Snyder [mailto:steven_snyder@xxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Starting & killing background tasks



I've had good luck with ZetaFAX and it's also
Citrix-certified - www.equisys.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Derek J. Lambert
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:44 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Starting & killing background tasks
>=20
>=20
> I've been trying for a couple of weeks to get the
> GFI Faxmaker client to
> work correctly on our Win2k/XPfr2 servers. According
> to the manufacturer
> Citrix is not supported, nor is their "enhanced"
> form supported under
> Terminal Services. When I asked their support people
> about any possible
> "fixes" or "hacks", even if unsupported, I got the
> following response:
> =20
> "I will forward your suggestion to the product
> manager. Please remember
> that
> this is not a tailor made application and therefore,
> we cannot add all
> the
> features that are requested."
> =20
> I'm sure that comment conjures up all kinds of
> responses (as it did for
> me), but I don't have the time to argue the merits
> of thin computing
> with people who obviously haven't seen the light. I
> want to get this
> working since so far it is the best package I've
> found considering cost,
> management, features and hardware requirements.
> =20
> What I've discovered on the local console when a
> user (the
> administrator) logs on a small program "fmstart.exe"
> is run from the
> HKLM Run key. This somehow is grabbing requests and
> opening the form/fax
> client (which is just small MAPI application
> interface to Outlook). If I
> run this program (fmstart.exe) in my session the fax
> client starts
> functioning as one would expect. Unfortunately when
> I do this and close
> all my applications, fmstart.exe is still running in
> the background and
> my session never closes. I'd like to try and find a
> way to run this when
> a session opens, and then close it when the session
> shuts down. Is there
> somewhere I can define an "ignore" list so that the
> session doesn't care
> about it? If I open task manager I see that
> wfshell.exe, winlogon.exe,
> and csrss.exe are all running. These are all getting
> ended automatically
> - and I'm hoping I can add fmstart.exe to the
> mechanism that loads
> these. I've tried adding fmstart.exe to the HKCU Run
> key but this must
> not get used when running a seamless session. Is
> there an equivalent
> location for seamless sessions?
> =20
> Anyway, if anyone can help or has any ideas please
> let me know. I've
> found a number of similar questions in the archives,
> but no solutions
> and nothing any experimentation. I'm sure if there
> is a solution to this
> it would benefit a number of other applications.
> Acrobat for one I know
> has a process like this it starts up and never ends,
> leaving a open
> empty session.
> =20
> Thanks!!
> =20
> Derek J. Lambert, MCSE, MCP+I, CCA, A+
> MIS Manager
> Columbia ParCar Corp.
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