{"id":1537,"date":"2015-09-07T08:46:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:02:15","slug":"alwaysup-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/alwaysup\/alwaysup-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"AlwaysUp Works Well on Windows 10 (but no keyboard or mouse in Session 0)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/images\/alwaysup-windows-10-testing.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" rel=\"zoomgroup noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Testing AlwaysUp on Windows 10\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/alwaysup-windows-10-testing.png\" border=\"0\" title=\"Testing AlwaysUp on Windows 10 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Testing AlwaysUp on Windows 10\" width=\"520\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOur month-long evaluation of <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/\">AlwaysUp 9.1<\/a> running windows services on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10<\/a> started soon after the new operating system was released on July 29th. Testing was comprehensive, targeting all major features including:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installation &amp; setup<\/li>\n<li>Sending emails in response to key events<\/li>\n<li>Running programs in the background in Session 0<\/li>\n<li>Starting applications interactively in the current session<\/li>\n<li>Restarting an application if it uses too much memory<\/li>\n<li>Detecting CPU spikes<\/li>\n<li>Responding to customized failure detection scripts (<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Plugins\/\">&#8220;sanity checks&#8221;<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Automation in the current session with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoitscript.com\/site\/autoit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AutoIt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interaction with other windows services installed on the PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n&#8230; and much more.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe also focused on running popular applications that have already earned compatibility with Windows 10.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunDropboxAsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dropbox-logo-48x48.png\" title=\"Setup Dropbox as a Windows Service\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunGoogleDriveAsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/google-drive-logo-48x48.png\" title=\"Install Google Drive as a Windows Service\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunNginxAsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/nginx-logo-48x48.jpg\" title=\"Setup Nginx as a Windows Service\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunJavaApplicationAsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/java-logo-48x48.gif\" title=\"Setup Java Applications as Windows Services\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunBatchFileAsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/batch-file-logo-48x48.png\" title=\"Configure any batch file as a Windows Service\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunMetaTrader4AsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/metatrader-4-logo-49x50.gif\" title=\"Install MT4 as a Windows Service\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunBoxSyncAsAService.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/box-sync-logo-48x48.png\" title=\"Install Box Sync as a Windows Service\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunDropboxAsAService.html\">Dropbox<\/a> continued to synchronize files as normal when run as a windows service:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/images\/dropbox-service-windows-10.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" rel=\"zoomgroup noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dropbox running as a service on Windows 10\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/dropbox-service-windows-10.png\" border=\"0\" title=\"Dropbox running as a service on Windows 10 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Dropbox running as a service on Windows 10\" width=\"520\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunGoogleDriveAsAService.html\">Google Drive<\/a> operated flawlessly as well:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/images\/google-drive-service-windows-10.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" rel=\"zoomgroup noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Google Drive running as a service on Windows 10\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/google-drive-service-windows-10.png\" border=\"0\" title=\"Google Drive running as a service on Windows 10 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Google Drive running as a service on Windows 10\" width=\"520\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\nThe end result is that <b>AlwaysUp 9.1 is fully compatible with Windows 10!<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe only trouble we noticed was when interacting with applications running in Session 0&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<h2><b>The Keyboard and Mouse didn&#8217;t work in Session 0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\nWe were able to switch to the isolated Session 0 but couldn&#8217;t interact with the application running there. The mouse cursor vanished and the keyboard was unresponsive. We couldn&#8217;t even click the &#8220;Return now&#8221; button to go back to the normal desktop!\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/session-0-msinfo-no-keyboard-mouse.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" rel=\"zoomgroup noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Session 0 with MSINFO32 running - no keyboard or mouse!\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/session-0-msinfo-no-keyboard-mouse.png\" border=\"0\" title=\"Session 0 with MSINFO32 running - no keyboard or mouse! (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Session 0 with MSINFO32 running - no keyboard or mouse!\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nFortunately this bug has already been <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160104142501\/https:\/\/social.technet.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/b4e29d63-3b66-4d63-be50-207aff7d6001\/no-mouse-or-keyboard-access-in-session-0?forum=win10itprogeneral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported to Microsoft<\/a> and a resolution may be on the way.\n<\/p>\n<h2><b>We were unable to see Session 0 when logged in through RDP<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\nThe second oddity we encountered was when logged in to our server via RDP. Switching to Session 0, either from the Interactive Services Detection Dialog or from AlwaysUp, resulted in an unhelpful &#8220;black screen&#8221;. The black screen remained for one minute, until the Session 0 timeout elapsed and we were unceremoniously disconnected from the server. We experienced this with RDP versions 6.2.9200 and 6.3.9600 and <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/AlwaysUp_FAQ.html#Session0BlackScreen\">our recommended driver updates<\/a> didn&#8217;t resolve the problem. Hopefully Microsoft will fix this one quickly too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b style=\"color:green\">September 19 2015: Switching to Session 0 over RDP is now working on our Windows 10 machines!<\/b> We think that the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3081455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cumulative update for Windows 10 issued on September 8 (KB3081455)<\/a> may have done the trick so please apply that update if you are still having trouble.<\/p>\n<!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-wrapper\"><!-- filter-class --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-container\"><style>.relpost-block-single-image, .relpost-post-image { margin-bottom: 10px; }<\/style><h3>You may also like...<\/h3><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><!-- relpost-block-container --><div class=\"relpost-block-container relpost-block-column-layout\" style=\"--relposth-columns: 3;--relposth-columns_t: 2; --relposth-columns_m: 2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/sales\/create-a-quote\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"relpost-block-single-image\" alt=\"Need an Official Sales Quote? 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