Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationSupport for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Ending in January 2020After more than a decade in the trenches, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will no longer be supported. Microsoft will stop issuing updates for those operating systems on Tuesday January 14, 2020. I’m still running Windows 7/Server 2008: … Continue reading An Early Look at Windows Server 2019Have you heard? Microsoft is set to release Windows Server 2019 later this year. It seems that consumer releases (like Windows 10) are launched with trumpets and parades while server releases sneak up on you in the middle of the … Continue reading Posted in Windows Tagged alwaysup, kubernetes, service-protector, windows-insider, windows-server-2019, windows-services Leave a comment Why Does Windows SmartScreen Flag Our Software?Last month we released a new version of our popular run-anything-as-a-windows-service software, AlwaysUp. Everything was going smoothly — until we encountered a very alarming situation while testing the new software on Windows 10! After downloading the new AlwaysUp installation executable … Continue reading Posted in Windows Tagged alwaysup, edge-browser, internet-explorer, security, smartscreen-filter 3 Comments Windows Server 2016 Test Drive: We’re Fully CompatibleWindows Server 2016 was quietly released on October 12th. This new operating system extends Microsoft’s reach into modern cloud technologies (with Nano Server and Docker) and introduces a host of under-the-hood improvements in security, networking and automation. This Technet article … Continue reading Posted in Windows Tagged alwaysup, service-protector, windows-server-2016, windows-services Leave a comment |