As to event non-registered error, you can recompile rsync daemon binary with .res file indicating format of Windows resource. In .mc file you must indicate Facility=Application MessageId=0 MessageIdTypedef=DWORD. Use mc (from Novell) and windres to compile. After it you can insert into registry the following entries:
Subkey: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\<Yourservice_name>" ValueType: REG_EXPAND_SZ ValueName: "EventMessageFile" ValueData: "<path_to_your_service_executable>" Subkey: "System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\<Yourservice_name>" ValueType: REG_DWORD ValueName: "TypesSupported" ValueData: "0x00000007" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/