Windows 2000/XP Banner Window Service

********************************************************** If you have never written a WINDOWS 2000/XP Service, DON'T BID ON THIS PROJECT!!!!!! Provide references of WINDOWS 2000/XP service(s) that you have written or a demonstration that you understand Windows 2000/XP services in your bid. Failure to include references or a demo will disqualify your bid from further consideration. Saying you can do this project is not sufficient for your bid to be seriously considered. You need to show that you can! ********************************************************** I would like to have written a WINDOWS 2000/XP SERVICE in C, C++, C#, or Delphi that will display a banner window at the top of the screen when any user logs in. It must: 1. stay on top, it reduces the amount of available working area on the desktop like the Windows Taskbar does (uses SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETWORKAREA,&rectDesktop,NULL,SPIF_SENDCHANGE) ). 2. not be closed, terminated, or hidden by normal users. 3. close the window normally at logoff and shutdown. 4. have the ability to be started and stopped with the MMC Services plugin. 5. have the height of a window title bar and the width of the screen. 6. not have a system menu or minimize, maximize, or close buttons. 7. have text and background colors that will be read from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software key values specifically for this application 8. install using Microsoft Installer (.msi) that requires no command line parameters. 9. have three sections: * left section: computer name and username (left justified), e.g. "Computer1 / User1" * center section: administrator set text read from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software key value specifically for this application (centered) * right section: uptime updated in real time (right justified). 10. have 6 (six) months of technical support for correcting bugs after the project is completed. ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as ***complete well-documented source code of all work done***. 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables): a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. **_b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request_**. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). **_*4) Source code must be modular, understandable, and maintainable. Source must be fully commented with documentation of what it is doing.*_** 5) Six months of technical support for correcting bugs and discrepancies after the project is completed. ## Platform - Windows 2000 Server and Workstation - Windows XP Home and Professional versions