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Windows Service Scheduler 3.0: Support for Disabled Tasks, Server 2025

If you’d like to start, stop or restart a Windows Service on a schedule, do yourself a favor and check out our free Service Scheduler utility. You’ll be up and running in no time! Version 3 of our easy-to-use program … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp 15.5: Advanced Support for PowerShell, OneDrive, and more

After months of coding and testing, our team published AlwaysUp version 15.5 on October 4, 2024. Version 15.5 makes it easy to install your PowerShell scripts as services. Beyond that, it delivers timely fixes and improvements to address real-world issues … Continue reading

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Service Protector 10: Advanced Sanity Checks for 100% Uptime

After months of coding and testing, we released Service Protector 10.0 on May 10. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new in this release: Restart your Windows Service if a specific drive letter isn’t available Does your Windows Service use … Continue reading

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ServiceTray 5.1: Improvements to Help you Control any Windows Service from a Taskbar Icon

ServiceTray 5.1 is out! This release includes several enhancements requested by folks using the software to control their Windows Services. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new: You’ve got three more taskbar icons to choose from One of the most … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp 15: Helpful Diagnostics, plus Advanced Monitoring for Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive

Our team released AlwaysUp version 15 on December 8 — just in time for the holidays. 🙂 This time, we focused on making AlwaysUp better at identifying technical problems and providing excellent support when things don’t go as expected. Here … Continue reading

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