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Your Windows Service Says “Running,” But Is It Actually Working?

A green “Running” status in Services.msc can be very reassuring. Indeed, it means that your service’s executable is still active. But it’s NOT proof that your application is healthy — serving requests, processing jobs or accepting connections. The truth is … Continue reading

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Service Protector 11.5: Powerful New Tools Keep Your Windows Services Running 24/7

Service Protector 11.5 is out! This release enhances Service Protector’s sanity checks — advanced tools that automatically detect subtle failures and restart faulty services. Here’s what the team worked on this time around. Automatically restart your Windows Service if another … Continue reading

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Service Protector 11: Resource Monitoring, Help for Slow Services, and More

Our team released Service Protector 11.0 on October 25. Here’s what’s included in this new and improved version: Automatically restart your Windows Service if it consumes too many resource handles Is your Windows Service a “resource hog”? Does it chug … Continue reading

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Service Protector Feature Spotlight: Restart A Stuck Service

Why should Service Protector restart a service that’s stuck starting or stopping? How do I activate the feature in Service Protector? What are your best tips for restarting stuck services? Why should Service Protector restart a service that’s stuck starting … Continue reading

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Service Protector 10.5 Restarts your Windows Services when Critical Events Occur

To cap a very busy 2024, our team released Service Protector 10.5 on December 20. Happy holidays to you and yours! Here’s what’s new in this release. Automatically restart your Windows Service if a “bad” event is logged One of … Continue reading

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