> cygrunsrv -I svcname -u "NT SERVICE\svcname" -p '' I'm not quite sure I follow your suggestion:
-p is for path to the actual executable that implements the background process If you meant -w '' (or as documentation suggests '-w ') then it does not work for some reason -- cygrunsrv cannot install the service (per the bad user/pass combo, presumably). Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI