Start LM Studio server as a Windows service on system boot

 In order to connect to LM Studio from your LAN, and use programs like Chatbox with it, you need to start its server mode, and enable CORS: https://lmstudio.ai/docs/api

However, currently there is no simple way to start LM Studio on PC startup, without logging in as a user. You can if you auto-login by following these steps: https://lmstudio.ai/docs/api/headless

However, I want to start the PC remotely (via Wake-on-LAN), and be able to connect to LM Studio, select the desired model and use it, without logging into the PC. 

Here's what we can do:

1. Download NSSM: https://nssm.cc/ and copy it to "C:\Program Files\nssm" for convenience.

2. Identify the location of lms.exe. In my case it's in "%UserProfile%\.cache\lm-studio\bin". Replace "%UserProfile%" with the real path for your system (e.g. "C:\Users\MyUser").

3. Navigate to "%UserProfile%\.cache\lm-studio\bin" and create the following file named lms-startup.bat. Add the following code to it and save it: 

@echo off

lms.exe server start --cors

pause

4. In a privileged command prompt, run nssm install and you will get a GUI for creating a new Windows Service:

5. Under Path select the path of the lms-startup.bat file, Startup Directory should be the same path. Under Arguments leave blank. Under Service name add "LMStudio":

6. Under Log on tab, select Log on as "This Account" and input your windows username and password. This will allow the program to run as your user, having access to the models you download via the GUI:

7. Under the Exit actions tab, set "Delay restart if application runs for less than 0 ms"

8. When you're done, click Install service. The new service should be visible under Windows Services and should start on boot (note that there isn't a graceful way of restarting/stopping the service).