RE: Checking File and Print Sharing

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From: Felix Wang (v-felwa_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:29:58 GMT

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for posting. I think basically you are talking about the issue
addressed in the following article:

You Cannot Install MSDE 2000 if the Server Service Is Not Running
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829386

The key here is that we need to ensure the "Server" service is running,
instead of installing "File and Printer Sharing" feature. We may make use
of the "System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" class:

         ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("Server");
         Console.WriteLine("The Server service status is currently set to
{0}",
                           sc.Status.ToString());

Or use WMI with VBScript:

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colSettings = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("SELECT * FROM Win32_Service WHERE DisplayName='Server'")
For Each objService in colSettings
  MsgBox objService.State
Next

I hope the information is useful to you.

Regards,

Felix Wang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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