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If the Services dialog reports a problem, it is normally because your
DEVICE statement does not contain the correct serial port name.
You probably should also click on the Startup... button to ensure that the
correct defaults are set. The dialogue box that appears should have Startup
Type set to Automatic and Logon should be set to System Account
with Allow Service to Interact with Desktop checked. If these values
are not set correctly by default, please change them otherwise apcupsd will
not work.
For WinXP systems (and probably Win2K), the dialogs are a bit different
from those shown here for WinNT, but he concept is the same. You get
to the Services dialog by clicking on: Control Panel -> Administrative
Tools -> Component Services. The apcupsd service should appear in
the right hand window when you click on Services (Local) in the left hand
menu window.
That should complete the installation process. When the system tray icon
turns from a battery into a plug , right click on it and a menu will
appear. Select the Events item, and the Events dialogue box should appear.
There should be no error messages. By right clicking again on the system
tray plug and selecting the Status item, you can verify that all the values
for your UPS are correct.
When the UPS switches to the battery, the battery icon will reappear in
the system tray. While the UPS is online, if the battery is not at least 99%
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