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Q&A: How Do I Run My Batch File Once A Day With AlwaysUp?

  We have licensed AlwaysUp for each of our production servers and we use that to ensure some custom API programs are always running. We use Windows Task Scheduler to call a number of batch files that upload data once every … Continue reading

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Is it Safe to Automatically Log In to my Computer?

In this article… What is automatic logon? Why would I use it? How do I enable auto logon? When is automatic logon a security risk? What can I do to mitigate the risks and make auto logon safe? What are … Continue reading

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Q&A: Does AlwaysUp Support Multiple Automatic Logons?

   We’ve written utilities that control Microsoft Word to produce automated documents and, for various reasons, these have to be run visible in a “real desktop session” on a server, logged in as a real user, not hidden on session … Continue reading

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Q&A: How Do I Delay the Start of my Windows Service?

  Our build server has a ton of services installed and it takes a while for them to start whenever the machine boots. One of the services doesn’t connect to the database if it starts too soon. When that happens, I … Continue reading

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Q&A: How do I Restart a Windows Service when an Event is Reported?

  We have a service that should restart whenever another service writes a particular event to the Event Viewer. How can I do that? — Russell Hi Russell. To create that workflow, you can introduce an “Event Trigger” with the Windows … Continue reading

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