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  • That's actually the recommended approach (see in the link I pushed earlier: "It is recommended that users create a separate account for running Apache service(s)."). Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 13:27
  • Thanks - that's where I drew my inspiration from :-) - but it doesn't seem quite right using a domain user in this way. (I should stress that that's an opinion based on ignorance rather than anything else) Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 13:39
  • Why? A "domain user" does not need to be a physical user. I would even create a new user for Apache only. After all, the same approach is used under Linux (eg. www-data). Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 14:12
  • OK. I think I need to speak to my IT people about setting up a new user. But that sounds like a sensible idea. Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 15:09
  • Thanks for the idea where to look, for me it was enough to check "Allow service to interact with desktop" Commented Dec 25, 2015 at 0:10