Installing Teamcity build agent as a user: failed to install the service. selected account does not have enough rights

Question

I want to install a TeamCity Build Agent as a user. When entering my user credentials here:

I always get this error:

NOTE: My account (user) is an administrator with full permission!

How can I do this?

Answer 1

The error message says it does not have "enough rights to run as a service",
this is slightly different from just being an administrator.

1. Go to Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Local Security Policy.
2. Select Local Policies> User Rights Assignment.
3. Scroll down through the list of policies and look for Log on as a service.
4. Add the account you're using to the list of accounts with this right.

That should in theory be all you need to allow the service to run under that user.