Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationWondering if Your Legacy Desktop Application Will Work as a Windows Service? Answer These 3 Questions to Find OutDoes your old (but important) desktop application need to run all the time? Should it start immediately after a reboot, even when no one is there to log on and kick it off? If so, you should consider installing your … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged interactive-services, legacy-app, session-0-isolation, windows-services Leave a comment How to Use VNC to Remotely Access Session 0 (with Keyboard and Mouse!)Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 contain a curious problem affecting interactive windows services. When you switch to Session 0, you cannot use the keyboard and mouse. This frustrating flaw makes it impossible to interact with any window displayed in … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged alwaysup, interactive-services, rdp, session-0-isolation, tightvnc, vnc, windows-services 3 Comments How do I Prevent the Interactive Services Detection Window from Constantly Coming Up?Why do I see the “Interactive Services Detection” window? The Interactive Services Detection (ISD) window appears whenever a Windows Service running on your computer is showing a window or prompt in Session 0 — a “background desktop” created when your … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, interactive-services, isds, q&a, session-0-isolation, ui0detect, windows-services 1 Comment How to Automatically Dismiss Popups from a Windows ServiceWhy Windows Services Should Avoid Showing Popups/Dialog Boxes Unlike a regular application (like Microsoft Word) that you launch from a desktop icon and actively work with to accomplish a specific task, a Windows Service is designed to start when your … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged autoit, buzof, interactive-services, session-0-isolation, task-scheduler, windows-services Leave a comment AlwaysUp Works Well on Windows 10 (but no keyboard or mouse in Session 0)Our month-long evaluation of AlwaysUp 9.1 running windows services on Windows 10 started soon after the new operating system was released on July 29th. Testing was comprehensive, targeting all major features including: Installation & setup Sending emails in response to … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, dropbox, google-drive, session-0-isolation, switch-to-session-0, windows-10 Leave a comment |