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 If you're running Synchronet on a Microsoft Windows NT based operating system If you're running Synchronet on a Microsoft Windows NT based operating system
-(e.g. Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, or Windows 7), you can run+(e.g. Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10), you can run
 Synchronet as a set of [[wp>Windows Services]]. Synchronet as a set of [[wp>Windows Services]].
  
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-===== Uninstallation ===== 
- 
-To remove/un-install the Synchronet Windows Services, run: 
- 
- sbbsNTsvcs remove 
- 
-Example output: 
-<file> 
-Synchronet NT Services  Version 3.15a  Copyright 2010 Rob Swindell 
- 
-Removing: Synchronet Terminal Server          ... Removed 
-Removing: Synchronet FTP Server               ... Removed 
-Removing: Synchronet Web Server               ... Removed 
-Removing: Synchronet SMTP/POP3 Mail Server    ... Removed 
-Removing: Synchronet Services                 ... Removed 
-</file> 
- 
-You may also enable and disable the Synchronet Windows Services with the sbbsNTsvcs 
-command-line options.  
  
 ===== Command Line ===== ===== Command Line =====
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 integrate these features with the Synchronet Windows services in the future. integrate these features with the Synchronet Windows services in the future.
  
 +NOTE: For the Synchronet Control Panel to correctly communicate with the Windows Service Control Manager, sbbsctrl.exe may need to be run "as administrator". Not doing so may cause the Synchronet Control Panel to not be able to discover that the NT services are installed or running and it won't be able to control (e.g. start/stop) or communicate with the services.
 ===== Windows Event Log ===== ===== Windows Event Log =====
 Log messages (determined by the ''LogLevel'' values in your ''[[:config:sbbs.ini]]'' file) will be logged as Application event log messages (viewable in your Windows Event Viewer).  Log messages (determined by the ''LogLevel'' values in your ''[[:config:sbbs.ini]]'' file) will be logged as Application event log messages (viewable in your Windows Event Viewer). 
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 parameters" of one or more of the services (under the Windows Control Panel) parameters" of one or more of the services (under the Windows Control Panel)
 to ''-debug''. to ''-debug''.
 +
 +===== Uninstallation =====
 +
 +If you do not wish to run Synchronet as Windows Services (e.g. run them in-process using ''[[monitor:sbbscon|sbbs.exe]]'' or ''[[monitor:sbbsctrl|sbbsctrl.exe]]'' instead), simply stopping and (optionally) disabling the services is all that is normally required.
 +
 +To disable the Synchronet Windows Services using ''sbbsNTsvcs'':
 +
 +  sbbsNTsvcs disable
 +  
 +Example output:
 +<file>
 +Synchronet NT Services  Version 3.15a  Copyright 2010 Rob Swindell
 +
 +Disabling service: Synchronet Terminal Server          ... Disabled
 +Disabling service: Synchronet FTP Server               ... Disabled
 +Disabling service: Synchronet Web Server               ... Disabled
 +Disabling service: Synchronet SMTP/POP3 Mail Server    ... Disabled
 +Disabling service: Synchronet Services                 ... Disabled
 +</file>
 +
 +To remove/un-install the Synchronet Windows Services, run:
 +
 + sbbsNTsvcs remove
 +
 +Example output:
 +<file>
 +Synchronet NT Services  Version 3.15a  Copyright 2010 Rob Swindell
 +
 +Removing: Synchronet Terminal Server          ... Removed
 +Removing: Synchronet FTP Server               ... Removed
 +Removing: Synchronet Web Server               ... Removed
 +Removing: Synchronet SMTP/POP3 Mail Server    ... Removed
 +Removing: Synchronet Services                 ... Removed
 +</file>
 +
 +:!: This operation does not uninstall Synchronet.
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
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