Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationIs it Safe to Automatically Log In to my Computer?In this article… What is automatic logon? Why would I use it? How do I enable auto logon? When is automatic logon a security risk? What can I do to mitigate the risks and make auto logon safe? What are … Continue reading Posted in Windows Tagged alwaysup, autologon, automatic-logon, security, task-scheduler, windows-services Leave a comment Q&A: Does AlwaysUp Support Multiple Automatic Logons?We’ve written utilities that control Microsoft Word to produce automated documents and, for various reasons, these have to be run visible in a “real desktop session” on a server, logged in as a real user, not hidden on session … Continue reading 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 Posted in Windows Services Tagged alwaysup, automatic-delayed, q&a, service-dependencies, task-scheduler, windows-services Leave a comment Q&A: How do I Restart a Windows Service when an Event is Reported?We have a service that should restart whenever another service writes a particular event to the Event Viewer. How can I do that? — Russell Hi Russell. To create that workflow, you can introduce an “Event Trigger” with the Windows … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged event-viewer, q&a, service-pilot, task-scheduler, windows-services Leave a comment Q&A: How do I Remove an AlwaysUp “At-Login” Startup Task?At some point I must have setup a command line to start my application in AlwaysUp when I log in. But I do not need to do that any longer. I deleted the configuration in AlwaysUp but I do not … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, autoruns, q&a, startup-folder, task-scheduler, troubleshooter Leave a comment |