Sandaysoft

Did the service start OK and connect to the station? The servertrace.txt log would tell you.

01/09/2010 20:35:33 ========================== Cumulus service starting ==========================
Cumulus service v.1.0.0.0
config file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Sandaysoft\Cumulus Control\CumulusService.exe.Config
Settings read from: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Sandaysoft\CumulusService.exe_Url_41d0tywioxqokhqs4upqubwqc5ufwg05\1.0.0.0\user.config
Data path = C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Cumulus\
Station type: FineOffset
20:35:33 Cumulus Starting
Opening station
Database file does not exist. Please check, and restart the Cumulus service

Settings read from: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Sandaysoft\CumulusService.exe_Url_41d0tywioxqokhqs4upqubwqc5ufwg05\1.0.0.0\user.config
Data path = C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Cumulus\

I try to do all my reading before I get started. Your instructions very clearly say you need the user name and password but a lot of us haven't used a password or even a user name for most of our computing lives going back to Atari. So, it is assumed that you only need a password if you use a password at computer start-up. That of course is our failing, not yours.

I wasn't really aware of the restrictions placed on unpassworded accounts until now, I'd have probably looked for another alternative If I'd known - and I probably will look at changing it to run under the LocalService user, and giving it permissions to the user file store.

I always have passwords because I have a small home network, and it doesn't work properly otherwise. I've configured auto-login at startup, so I hardly ever notice that I have a password - I think this is a reasonable compromise.

Sorry Steve I did not see the bit about that you need to have a password as well.