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Author Topic: run as a service?  (Read 9303 times)

x16wda

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run as a service?
« on: April 12, 2007, 03:56 PM »
Can Process Tamer run as a service?
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Re: run as a service?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2007, 08:37 PM »
there is no option for this, though you could use a 3rd party service-running tool to run it as a service.  im not sure what the benefit would be though.

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Re: run as a service?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2007, 08:43 PM »
you can use FireDaemon, though..

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Re: run as a service?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2007, 11:31 AM »
there is no option for this, though you could use a 3rd party service-running tool to run it as a service.  im not sure what the benefit would be though.
I had a situation where I had to try this on a Windows 2000 Server using Terminal Services client. But the problem was that as soon as I logged off, the ProcessTamer tray utility also stopped working. So it was of no use. Then I tried Process Lasso 2.30 (x32 version) from Bitsum . But Process Lasso 2.30 wouldn't even work on Windows 2000 Server (works fine on Windows XP) and GUI would just hang with empty window (no values). So I uninstalled it after  installing/uninstalling a few times with no success. But then I found another utility on Bitsum web site called MakeService. These are the steps I took for my test setup:
  • Install MakeService from Bitsum
  • Install ProcessTamer and configure it to not start with Windows
  • Use MakeService to create a Windows service to run ProcessTamerTray.exe

Worked like a charm. I didn't test it for extended period of time but seemed to work fine when I tested it.


« Last Edit: September 07, 2007, 12:05 PM by kooda »

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Re: run as a service?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2007, 12:03 PM »
Primasoft's RunAsSvc is an excellent freeware alternative.

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Re: run as a service?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 09:22 PM »
ThreadMaster is similar to process tamer but runs as a native NT service, perhaps it might suit your needs better.

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