FAQ 011: When running my Dream Report project as a Windows Service, some things don’t work – reports are not being stored to a network drive, reports aren’t printing to certain printers, and connections are not being made to SQL databases.

By default, Windows services run under the “Local System Account”.  That account has limited rights, so any resource that requires certain privileges (access to network shares, networked printers, SQL Server logins, etc.) will likely not be accessible.  So, in Windows Services, open the “RTM Reporting System Runtime Manager” service, click on the “Log On” tab, and change Log on as:  to a specific Windows account that has the necessary privileges – this is now the account under which Dream Report will run.  Also make sure that this account does not expire, or does not have an expiring password.