From: Rajiv Abraham <rajiv.abraham@...>
Date: 2010-04-16T19:34:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Win32 Service: Access Denied when creating service

Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Apr 15, 8:10�am, Rajiv Abraham <rajiv.abra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Error:
>> > svc = Service.new(:service_name =>SERVICE_NAME,
>> --platform=mswin32
>> - The doc. says that only :service_name is mandatory. So, it is bit
>> surprising that it does not work
>> - User Rajiv is Administrator
> 
> Is the prompt from where are you invoking the ruby script running with
> elevated privileges?
> 
> On Vista and 7 even when user is Administrator it needs UAC elevation
> to properly modify registry related to system

Thanks Luis !
I run the file from netbeans 6.8 and you set me on the right path.
Based on your answer, I poked about a bit and found 
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/198439#905647] where Philippe Rubyeye 
provided an easy alternative(Running Netbeans as administrator).
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