Background

On newer Windows OS’s, the current user may not be allowed to install/start/stop services.  This may prevent the user from installing/starting/stopping TopView Engine Services.

The solution has been to run the Configurator “as Administrator” (right-click, “Run as Administrator”) and then perform the service install/start/stop.

Issue

User of the TopView Configurator cannot stop/start a TopView Engine Service and must close the Configurator and re-open “as Administrator” to get permission.

Example: error when trying to start a service (TopView configuration name is exampleconfig):

Desired solution: give the user permission to start/stop a TopView Engine Service

Solution

• Install the TopView Engine Service by running the Configurator “as Administrator”
• Close the Configurator
• Download and install Microsoft tool SubInACL
• Launch a command prompt “as Administrator”
• Go to folder “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools”:
  • cd \Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\
• From the command prompt run: subinacl.exe /service servicename /grant=username=F
  where servicename is the name of the service and username is the name of the user (local user account)
  • Example: grant local user “abc” permission to start/stop TopView Engine Service for configuration named “exampleconfig”
    subinacl.exe /service topview_exampleconfig /grant=abc=F
• If the command succeeds the user should now be able to start/stop service. If there are problems have the user log off/on and try again.

Permissions

“F” = Full control. If you want to set specific permissions you can add one or more of the following permissions:

• F : Full Control
• R : Generic Read
• W : Generic Write
• X : Generic eXecute
• L : Read control
• Q : Query Service Configuration
• S : Query Service Status
• E : Enumerate Dependent Services
• C : Service Change Configuration
• T : Start Service
• O : Stop Service
• P : Pause/Continue Service
• I : Interrogate Service
• U : Service User-Defined Control Commands