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Q&A: Why does AlwaysUp Restart my Application During Windows Shutdown?

This seems like strange behavior, but when you are using autologon to launch an application in session 1 and reboot the server, during the reboot AlwaysUp briefly relaunches the application in session 0. Here’s an example from the activity log: … Continue reading

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4 Affordable Tools to Monitor & Bulletproof your Web Application/Server

Does your application accept HTTP requests? Are you responsible for a mission-critical application that features a HTML, XML or JSON web interface? And can you visit a URL (such as “http://yoursite.com:3232/status”) to confirm that your web application is working well? … Continue reading

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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

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Q&A: Why did Dropbox Stop Copying/Synchronizing my Files?

  My client who has AlwaysUp for Dropbox running on his server informed me that his files stopped syncing. I created a test file in their folder that is supposed to be syncing and sure enough, it was not working. I … Continue reading

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4 Amazing Benefits of Monitoring & Auto-Restarting your Mission-Critical Applications

Does your company rely on one or more important Windows applications? Will your business (and reputation) suffer if those programs stop running or become unavailable? If so, downtime is your enemy. Look to our AlwaysUp and Service Protector utilities to … Continue reading

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