Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationQ&A: Can my Legacy Application Read Network Drives when Run as a Service?I am evaluating AlwaysUp. I have a legacy application which must run as a local user. I can get it to run as a service using AlwaysUp. The application works with parameters. These point to a domain folder (eg. \\MyServer\Data1\). … Continue reading Q&A: Can I Activate/Register AlwaysUp Without an Internet Connection?My company is interested in your AlwaysUp software. We would like to implement it in computers which are not connected to the Internet. These computers can’t be connected to the Internet, not even for a few minutes. Is it possible … Continue reading Q&A: NET STOP Fails with “Access is Denied”. How I Do Make it Work?I followed your NET article on how to stop a service but when I run NET STOP it fails with “System error 5 has occurred Access is denied”. It looks like a permissioning issue but do you have any way … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged net.exe, q&a, service-security-editor, user-account-control, windows-services 4 Comments Q & A: What is the Status of my Backup and Sync Windows Service?I’m trialing your product for running Google Backup and Sync as a service. Is there any way to see what is the update status? All I see is the option to click the info and see how long the service … Continue reading Why Should I Buy AlwaysUp Instead of Writing My Own Windows Service?AlwaysUp was created to solve a simple problem. How do you make an existing executable run all the time, despite reboots, crashes and other annoying interruptions? To solve the problem, AlwaysUp leverages Microsoft’s technology of choice for 24/7 operation — … Continue reading |