HOWTO install Windows tftpd as service

I'm using jounin's tftpd32 (download from here) for netbooting stations in places that I don't have UNIX servers, and found this tool very usefull.

Here is my instructions for making it a Windows Service using MS instsrv.exe and srvany.exe from Windows 2000 Resource Kit.

• Download tftpd from here
• Install tftpd on your system, I installed it on C:\Program Files\tftpd , and my explanation will be using this dir.
• Get the files instsrv.exe and srvany.exe from the Resource Kit and copy them to a directory on your system (I copied them to C:\Tools)
• Open a cmd (Start -> Run -> cmd) and do the followings:
  • c:
  • cd \Tools
  • instsrv tftpd c:\Tools\srvany.exe
• Open the registry (Start -> Run -> regedt32)
• Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tftpd : create a 'Parameters' key
• Under the above key, create a new 'String Value' with the name 'Application' of type REG_SZ and specify there C:\Program Files\tftpd\tftpd32.exe
• Close your running tftpd32 (if you have one) and check with netstat -a that nothing is listenning on UDP tftpd port (69)
• Goto services (left click on "My Computer" -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services) and start the tftpd service.
• Check now with netstat -a that there is a sevice that listen on UDP tftpd port, the output should look like this (the important line is the last):

  Windows CMD

  C:\Program Files\tftpd>netstat -a Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP w2k-yedidia:epmap w2k-yedidia:0 LISTENING TCP w2k-yedidia:microsoft-ds w2k-yedidia:0 LISTENING UDP w2k-yedidia:bootps *:* UDP w2k-yedidia:tftp *:*

• That's it !