

PmsService installation user credentials window When completed, click the Next button to continue. When done, click the Test Credentials button to ensure everything was entered correctly. If you will be using a standard user account (highly recommended) enter the user ID and password in the text boxes provided.

Stop Plex from running when a user is logged into the machine.If you would like to run Plex Media Server as a service on a Windows machine, you will need to do two things: By default, Plex only runs when the user that installed Plex is logged into the machine, so I had to change this functionality in order to have Plex run as a server. To accomplish what I have described above requires Plex to run as a service in Windows. The server updates and reboots automatically, and after each update Plex Media Server automatically restarts so Plex is available as long as the system is running. I run the machine headless, which means there is no monitor attached to it, and I also don't have a user logged into the machine, unless I need to perform some maintenance. My Plex server is currently running on a Windows 10 workstation that I keep under my desk.
