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Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationWhy Should I Buy AlwaysUp Instead of Writing My Own Windows Service?AlwaysUp was created to solve a simple problem. How do you make an existing executable run all the time, despite reboots, crashes and other annoying interruptions? To solve the problem, AlwaysUp leverages Microsoft’s technology of choice for 24/7 operation — … Continue reading Essential Windows Services: DcomLaunch / DCOM Server Process LauncherIn this article… What is the DcomLaunch (DCOM Server Process Launcher) service? What happens if I stop the DcomLaunch service? Questions? Problems? What is the DcomLaunch (DCOM Server Process Launcher) service? The DcomLaunch service implements Microsoft’s Component Object Model (COM) … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged com, dcom, dcomlaunch, essential-windows-services, windows-services 5 Comments Essential Windows Services: Schedule / Task SchedulerIn this article… What is the Schedule service? What happens if I stop (or disable) the Schedule service? The “Stop” button is disabled. How can I stop the Schedule service? Is it safe to disable the Schedule service? The Schedule … Continue reading Essential Windows Services: SpoolerIn this article… What is the Spooler service? What happens if I stop the Spooler service? Is it safe to disable the Spooler service? What should I do if the Spooler service isn’t working? I made a mistake. How do … Continue reading Posted in Windows Services Tagged error-1053, essential-windows-services, printing, service-protector, spooler, windows-services 3 Comments Q & A: Can my CAE/Visio Application Run Properly as a Windows Service?I must run a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) application as a service but it doesn’t work with AlwaysUp. I guess that Visio is the problem because the startup phase of the tool runs up to the Visio initialization (via COM) … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, com, computer-aided-engineering, microsoft-office, q&a, visio, windows-services Leave a comment |
