[python-win32] Interacting with the desktop as a service onVista

[Matt Herbert (matherbe)]

Steven,
 
Thanks, I will give this a try.
 
So then, is it fair to say that it is not possible (on Vista) to have a
service spawn a process as a different user, and have that new process
interact with the desktop?
 
-Matt


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	From: python-win32-bounces+matherbe=cisco.com at python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces+matherbe=cisco.com at python.org] On Behalf Of
Steven James
	Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:54 PM
	To: python-win32 at python.org
	Subject: Re: [python-win32] Interacting with the desktop as a
service onVista
	
	
	Because I like fun stuff and knowing that people at cisco use
hacks like this, here you go, this should work...
	
	(cut to snippets because of length)
	http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/6324
	
	As mentioned before, the basic process is to create a disabled
Scheduled Task. When you are ready to run it, you enable it, run it,
then disable it again. You can supply the credentials. I tried to make
everything a variable in the above post. Does not run under Windows XP
(there wasn't a Task Scheduler COM interface in XP AFAIK).
	
	Steven James
	
	
	
	
	On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Matt Herbert (matherbe)
<matherbe at cisco.com> wrote:
	



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		> On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
		> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:48 PM
		> To: Python-Win32 List
		> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Interacting with the
desktop as a
		> service onVista
		>
		
		> Matt Herbert (matherbe) wrote:
		> > My situation is I have a python service which runs
24/7.
		> Occasionally
		> > The service needs to access windows on the desktop.
That
		> is, it needs
		> > to enumerate all the windows, find a specific
pop-up, and
		> press a button.
		> >
		>
		> Wow, this sounds like an incredible hack impersonating
as a feature.
		> For my own curiousity, is this for a test lab
somewhere, or
		> is this actually part of a product?
		>
		> --
		> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
		> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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		Tim,
		
		This is strictly for a test lab. To be more specific
it's for automated
		testing of a product. The product has features that need
to be tested
		both when a user is logged in and when there is nobody
logged into the
		system. For the automation to be able to Test both of
these situations,
		it needs to run as a service. Hence, my dilemma.
		
		-Matt
		
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