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How to Run Your GUI Applications as Windows Services (Without Breaking Them)

In this article… Why GUI applications don’t play nice with Windows Services Common pitfalls when wrapping a GUI app as a service DIY workarounds (and why they’re fragile) How AlwaysUp makes GUI apps behave like well-mannered services Step-by-step: Preparing a … Continue reading

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Service Protector 9.5 Helps You Bulletproof Your Network Services

Service Protector 9.5 out! As usual, we focused on improving the software to help your Windows Services achieve 100% uptime — even in the face of failures. Here are the highlights: Advanced safeguards for your network-aware Windows Services Are you … Continue reading

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Windows Services Startup Types Explained

In this article… What is a service’s Startup Type? Where do I find it? Automatic Automatic (Delayed Start) Manual Disabled Intermission: What does “Trigger Start” mean? Automatic (Trigger Start) Automatic (Delayed Start, Trigger Start) Manual (Trigger Start) Windows Service startup … Continue reading

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Q&A: Why can’t AlwaysUp Open the Netman Service?

  Hi Team, AlwaysUp can start Thunderbird as a Windows Service and it runs without any problems. But I always get the following warnings: Unable to ensure that networking components are running: Netman: Unable to open the service: Zugriff verweigert. AlwaysUpService … Continue reading

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Q&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

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