starting and stopping services on vista

jkirkerx

Well my code works in XP, and I'm joined to a domain contoller. Vista is alot different, just can't create the ssp (SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS), get a errorCode 5.

hSCManager = OpenSCManager(
NULL,
NULL,
SC_MANAGER_CONNECT
);

if ( hSCManager == NULL ) {
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    return false;
}

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

This is the worng forum for this question. However, Error 5 usually means access violation. My guess then is that your login credentials don't have rights to the SCManager. There is a way to escalate your priviledges, but that's beyond my skills and certainly beyond this forum.

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