We have discovered that if we capture a user name greater than 20 chars from the standard Logon Information dialog screen and use that user name/password for the creation of windows service in the msi the creation will fail. Reducing the username to 20 chars of less works. A long user name is acceptable in Windows. Is this a know limitation ?
Clive
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Re: Service Account Name cannot be > 20 chars
It seems that advanced installer is calling a windows api call that is restricted to the netbios name which is 20chars that is typically used for pre windows 2000 systems. This is a limitation that should be looked into by Advanced Installed.
Clive
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Re: Service Account Name cannot be > 20 chars
Hi Clive,
Thank you for reporting this issue. In windows 2000 and XP it is a limit of 20 chars. In the future we will mention this limit in help docs. We will not be able to introduce this limit also in UI because the package that you are creating can be installed on other operating systems where this limit is not existent.
Regards,
Ciprian
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Ciprian Comsa
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/
Thank you for reporting this issue. In windows 2000 and XP it is a limit of 20 chars. In the future we will mention this limit in help docs. We will not be able to introduce this limit also in UI because the package that you are creating can be installed on other operating systems where this limit is not existent.
Regards,
Ciprian
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Ciprian Comsa
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/