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What are the cons and pros of windows services vs scheduled tasks for running a program repeatedly (e.g. every two minutes)?
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I have been quite comfortable with windows-services, I have been practicing since from last two weeks. Would you please explain me some of the basic applications of Windows service, so that I can take it as homework and practice. (it need not be too basic)
I have already designed and implemented…
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Learn how to create a dual mode service so you can run your services as either console apps or through Windows Services.
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Hello,
I have a c# application that runs as a windows service controlling socket connections and other things.
Also, there is another windows forms application to control and configure this service (systray with start, stop, show form with configuration parameters).
I'm using .net remoting to do…
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Is it possible to configure Pageant (SSH key management) so that its keys are usable by a Windows service with the "Log On As" user of "Local System"?
If not, is there any other tool that can do this?
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Hi,
i have a windows application and i need to change it into a windows service, How can i check whether the windows service is running or not without using any external service to keep a check on the main service. Is there any way to check it within the main service as i have tried work on it but…
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I am trying to set a seduled task to defrag my HDD on a regular basis and following the guide on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/gehrke1.mspx. It does not work. That process only brings a DOS window which does nothing (well it displays some text about the Microsoft defragging…
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I have a C# console application that just processes data. The problem is that when I log off, the console application ends. If I schedule the application to run at a set time and I am not logged in, the application does not run at all. I can run it interactively by double clicking the exe and I can…
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"once" I did backup my scheduled tasks by xcopy'ing %winDir%\Tasks\*.job
However this does not seem to work in Server 2008.
How do I backub my scheduled tasks using xcopy/7zip/winrar ?
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Hello, this is my first time using this forum. Here is my situation:
We are having issues with specific tasks written in VB6 it would seem. I am not a developer, but I am told these tasks exe are written in VB6.
The task is initiated by task scheduler, the process begins to run (you can view the…
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Tasks need to open a CMD window and pass net use commands, then do a DIR command, pipping the output to a file on the server.
Log in as either me (Sysadmin) or with one of the system accounts and task will only run if I'm physically logged into the server.
Run as batch file is set in security properties…
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