New site design and what’s next

So you have probably noticed by now that the site has been redesigned. The redesign makes the site easier to manage and gives it a more active look. I will try to move as much of the old site user data to the new site. So what is next? There will be a maintenance release … Read more

This blog will be moving

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The background on background programs(part 4)

A service is another type of background program. What are services? Services are processes that can run without a user being logged on. They support controls or messages like starting and stopping that are sent from the Service Control Manager. They can start automatically on system startup or manually by an application. What are services … Read more

The background on background programs (part 3)

Another type of background process is an update program. Some programs have the updater process run all the time, though it is only needed for checking for and installing updates. It makes little sense for a process that does nothing the majority of the time to be running all the time. Why is this so … Read more