ServiceWatchdog

ServiceWatchdog, servicewatchdog.exe

Version 1.0, May 2007

Software by Carsten Schmidt

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Please report bugs and feature requests to:

Carsten@CCSchmidt.de

What does it do and how does it work?

If you have problems with a service that does not start automatically after

a reboot because needed resources are not online yet, this software fixes

just this problem.

The name of this program is a little bit misleading but I could not come up

with something better. "Delayed service starter" would describe it better.

The ServiceWatchdog is started automatically after a reboot. After a predefined

time interval, this service tries to start a defined service. It will try to

start the service twice and then it gives up. No logs, event messages or other

information is written.

Installation

1. Install the service with the command "servicewatchdog /install"

Uninstall the service with the command "servicewatchdog /uninstall"

2. Start and stop the service in Computer Management. This creates the

needed registry keys.

3. Start regedit and select "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CCSchmidt\ServiceWatchdog\"

Edit the 3 keys according to your needs:

Servicename = service name of the service to be started (e.g. Clipsrv for

clipbook)

Interval = time interval between start of ServiceWatchdog and start of the

selected service in ms. Default is 300000 (5 minutes).

Active = run ServiceWatchdog or not. Possible values are "yes" and "no".

Default is "yes". (no surprises here).

Check that startup type of ServiceWatchdog is automatic.

Version history

Version 1.0, May 2007

First release