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How to Setup Email from AlwaysUp

In this article… Overview Specifying Who to Email & When to Send a Message Server/SMTP Settings How to use your Gmail Account How to use your Microsoft Office 365 Account Create a Free Account with SMTP2GO Using Another Email Service … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp 9: Improvements for running Dropbox/Google Drive/Box Sync/OneDrive 24×7 in the background

We are pleased to announce the availability of AlwaysUp version 9.0, our market leading run-anything-as-windows-service solution used by thousands worldwide! New features include: Better support for Dropbox, Google Drive and other Applications Programs that allow you to run only a … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp not Starting your Application? Troubleshoot with the Command Prompt

If you find that your application is starting and then quickly stopping when you run it with AlwaysUp, your application may be trying to report an error message that you simply cannot see. In this situation, we recommend starting your … Continue reading

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The Top 5 Reasons to Run Your Application as a Windows Service with AlwaysUp

You need to start your application at boot, even if no one logs on A regular application will only run after a user has logged in and started it. Not so for Windows Services, which are automatically started by the … Continue reading

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Introducing the AlwaysUp Troubleshooter: Helping you configure your application as a Windows Service

We are happy to announce the availability of the AlwaysUp Troubleshooter – our online, step-by-step guide to help you identify and resolve the most common problems encountered when configuring your application as a windows service. The troubleshooter is very easy … Continue reading

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