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Q&A: How do I Protect my AlwaysUp Services from Unauthorized Changes?

Posted on October 23, 2023

Dear support, It is possible to protect AlwaysUp by password to prevent unauthorized change of settings or unauthorized intervention? — Tomáš Hi Tomáš, thanks for getting in touch. I can tell you that safety and security are front and center … Continue reading →

Posted in AlwaysUp | Tagged alwaysup, permissions, q&a, security, service-security-editor, services.msc, user-account-control | Leave a comment

Q&A: NET STOP Fails with “Access is Denied”. How I Do Make it Work?

Posted on April 16, 2019 (Revised February 21, 2022)

I followed your NET article on how to stop a service but when I run NET STOP it fails with “System error 5 has occurred Access is denied”. It looks like a permissioning issue but do you have any way … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Services | Tagged net.exe, q&a, service-security-editor, user-account-control, windows-services | 6 Comments

How do I Start ServiceTray when I Login to Windows?

Posted on September 1, 2016 (Revised March 19, 2021)

Our free ServiceTray utility manages any Windows Service from a convenient tray icon. Most folks that use the software configure it to start at login by placing a shortcut in the Windows Startup Folder, but unfortunately that method is not … Continue reading →

Posted in ServiceTray | Tagged servicetray, support, task-scheduler, user-account-control, windows-services | 2 Comments

The Core Technologies Blog

Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 Operation

Q&A: How do I Protect my AlwaysUp Services from Unauthorized Changes?

Q&A: NET STOP Fails with “Access is Denied”. How I Do Make it Work?

How do I Start ServiceTray when I Login to Windows?

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