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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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Q&A: How Do I Force AlwaysUp To Restart My Batch File When It Hangs?

  I have a batch file I want to run once every minute. It copies certain files from one place to another. I have the batch file set so that AlwaysUp restarts it when it “fails” (stops running) as it is … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp 16.5: Easily Install nginx as a Service, Survive Resource Leaks, and more

AlwaysUp version 16.5 is out! Here’s what our team worked on in this new release. The Application Advisor now supports the nginx web server If you’re looking to run nginx as a Windows Service, you’re in luck. With the help … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp 16 Handles Common Application Failures — So You Don’t Have To

As AlwaysUp enters its 21st year of babysitting important applications — and reducing interruptions during dinner time — we’re pleased to release version 16 to all customers. Version 16 is a significant step forward. Most notably, the powerful sanity check … 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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