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AlwaysUp 12.5: Dropbox fixes, Email improvements, AutoStartDelay and More

We’re closing out the tumultuous 2020 with version 12.5 of AlwaysUp — our “run anything as a Windows Service” utility used by tens of thousands of savvy computer administrators across the globe. This release delivers a few major enhancements: File … Continue reading

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Q&A: Why does AlwaysUp Restart my Application During Windows Shutdown?

This seems like strange behavior, but when you are using autologon to launch an application in session 1 and reboot the server, during the reboot AlwaysUp briefly relaunches the application in session 0. Here’s an example from the activity log: … Continue reading

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4 Affordable Tools to Monitor & Bulletproof your Web Application/Server

Does your application accept HTTP requests? Are you responsible for a mission-critical application that features a HTML, XML or JSON web interface? And can you visit a URL (such as “http://yoursite.com:3232/status”) to confirm that your web application is working well? … Continue reading

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