Our Software // Windows Services // 24×7 OperationQ&A: How Do I Delay the Start of my Windows Service?Our build server has a ton of services installed and it takes a while for them to start whenever the machine boots. One of the services doesn’t connect to the database if it starts too soon. When that happens, I … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged alwaysup, automatic-delayed, q&a, service-dependencies, task-scheduler, windows-services Leave a comment How to Survive Automatic Updates when Running 24/7 with AlwaysUpAutomatic software updates: An overview For Windows users, software updates are a regular part of life. Vendors like Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle are constantly tweaking their software, which then inundate us with “helpful” nudges. This prompt from printer manufacturer Brother … Continue reading Q&A: Why Doesn’t AlwaysUp Restart my Application?My company uses AlwaysUp to run 4 applications on our lab server. Every few weeks, one of the applications stops running and I have to log in and restart it. Why doesn’t AlwaysUp automatically restart it? Here is what I … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, q&a, service-protector, troubleshooter, windows-service-auditor, windows-services Leave a comment Q&A: How do I tell that Dropbox is working as a Windows Service?We’re trialing AlwaysUp to run Dropbox as a Windows Service without anyone logged on. But when I use AlwaysUp, I cannot see the Dropbox tray icon. How do I know that it’s working? — Wendy Hi Wendy. Yes, verifying that … Continue reading Q&A: Why doesn’t Srvany Close my Application when I Stop the Service?We use Srvany to run our Java application as a service. It starts fine but when we stop the service our Java application does not close. We have to kill the java.exe process in Task Manager. That’s not supposed to … Continue reading Posted in Srvany Tagged alwaysup, java, q&a, service-wrapper, srvany, windows-services Leave a comment |
