Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationInvestigating OneDrive Failures in Session 0 on Windows ServerRecently, customers using AlwaysUp to run OneDrive 24/7 have been reporting a puzzling problem. Even though OneDrive starts as a Windows Service in Session 0, it doesn’t do its job. Files aren’t synchronized and AlwaysUp reports that “OneDrive has no … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, onedrive, onedrive-log-files, session-0-isolation, support, windows-server-2019, windows-server-2022 Leave a comment Windows 8.1 End of Life: January 10, 2023According to Microsoft, support for Windows 8.1 will end on Tuesday January 10, 2023. What does that mean? It means that Microsoft will stop issuing fixes and important security updates for Windows 8.1. And without those timely improvements, the operating … Continue reading Posted in Windows Tagged alwaysup, end-of-life, service-protector, support, windows-8, windows-8.1 Leave a comment Q&A: Why does AlwaysUp Fail to Run my Program?I set up our application with AlwaysUp but it doesn’t work. When I try to start it, it runs for a few seconds then fails with this error: AlwaysUpService was unable to start the application properly, failing at least 5 … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, localsystem-account, q&a, support, troubleshooter Leave a comment Q&A: Why can’t I open my Dropbox files even though Smart Sync is off?I just installed AlwaysUp (13.3.3.17) specifically to keep a Dropbox synchronized with a Win 2012 R2 server. I have followed the installation guide (wizard and then double checked the setting). Smart Sync is turned off. The service seems to start … Continue reading We’re Not Affected by the December 2021 Apache Log4j VulnerabilityIn early December 2021, a severe remote code vulnerability was revealed in Apache Log4j — a very popular Java-based logging framework used by developers of web and server applications. The vulnerability affects a broad range of services and applications on … Continue reading Posted in Support Tagged alwaysup, log4j, security, service-protector, software-vulnerability, support Leave a comment |