Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationQ&A: Why doesn’t “Allow service to interact with desktop” work?Our legacy Windows Service shows an alert box when it fails to print a document on our server 2012 R2 controller. I went into the service, clicked on the properties and set it to be able to interact with the … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged interactive-services, q&a, session-0-isolation, windows-server-2012, windows-services Leave a comment Q&A: How do I Restart my Windows Service at a Specific Time every Week?I want to restart some specific service for a specific time every week. Can I use the NET command? — Shanmuga Hi Shanmuga. Yes. With the help of the Windows Task Scheduler, you can use the NET command to restart … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged net.exe, q&a, service-pilot, service-scheduler, task-scheduler, windows-services 2 Comments Q&A: What do “Automatic (Trigger Start)” and “Manual (Trigger Start)” mean for Windows Services?When I look in Services.msc, some of the Windows Services have a startup type of “Automatic (Trigger Start)” and “Manual (Trigger Start)”. What do those mean? — Liam Hi Liam. Those trigger start types are indeed mysterious. And the Services … Continue reading Essential Windows Services: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) / RpcSsIn this article… What is the RPC Windows Service? Should I stop the RPC service? Why are all the options for the RPC service grayed out? Questions? Problems? What is the RPC Windows Service? The Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged essential-windows-services, rpc-service, rpcss, windows-services 8 Comments Windows Service PatternsWindows Services are special applications designed to run unattended on your PC. A service an do virtually anything its programmer demands, such as reading files, sending email, checking for viruses — whatever. Yet in the midst of that tremendous diversity, … Continue reading |