# PMS as a service

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**Category:** Tips, Tricks & How-Tos\
**Tags:** server-windows, tipstricks\
**Created:** [January 9, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-as-a-service/53381 "2014-01-09T09:55:32Z")\
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See bullet 4 in things I checked in my original post. &nbsp;I did ensure that same account was used to install PMS as well as launch the service(s).

> Are you having different user for install from one you run PMS Service under?
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> If you are, then the auto start would be having in the install account leading to 2 instances.
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> See my post #4&nbsp;[https://forums.plex.tv/topic/93994-pms-as-a-service/?p=547864](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/93994-pms-as-a-service/?p=547864)
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> The registry setting is for the user account and would be different depending on which session loads up regedit

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