Unlike standard services which, per se, are non-interactive and run in background, programs started by our utility can respond to user-generated events (mouse clicks, keyboard buttons, etc).

Application as Service offers additional options such as advanced recovery (restart the service your application is started by; restart computer; launch supplementary application), sophisticated dependencies mechanism, pre-service/port-service application start-up, grant your application certain rights/priority, "consistent-application-crash" protection, forceful application exit, graceful console application exit, on-the-fly start-up customization and lots more.

Application as Service is naturally a command line driven application. The graphical user interface it provides is a front-end to console application which helps you grasp the overwhelming number of options and simplifies the whole process of installing and launching your application as service. Alternatively, you can install and start services using XML configuration file which guarantees simple integration and extensibility of Application as Service great features into your own application (OEM license only).

Finally, this software provides all possible functionality needed to run application as services you may think of, simplifying system administration chores and software development.

Full features list:
    * Run any application (32/64-bit and console ones) as Windows service
    * Create and manage system services in few clicks
    * Easily connect to remote PC over local network or Internet and manage all remote services like your own
    * Run application before users login into their accounts
    * Run your application interactively or silently
    * Schedule your service to run at the exact time and periodically on the defined day of the week/month/year
    * Minimize downtime by auto-restarting application once it is crashed
    * Advanced service dependencies mechanism allows you to run applications at the certain order
    * Define Load Order Group which your application belongs to
    * Restrict/grant your application with execution rights by specifying user account name under which it is run
    * On-the-fly service start-up type customization
    * Gracefully close console and Windows applications
    * Close various popup windows that your application might display
    * Specify the process priority for your application (Real time/High/Above normal/Normal/Below normal/Low)
    * Define CPU binding for multi-processor PCs
    * Conveniently supply additional options and system environment variables for console and Windows applications
    * Run additional programs prior to the service startup, program start, stop or just after the service shutdown
    * Redirect STDIN, STDOUT and STDERROR streams to or from the file for console application
    * Specify desktop on which you would like your application to run as service
    * Take all benefits of multi-processor, multi-thread and 64-bit platforms
    * Works under Virtual Machines (VMWare and so on)
    * Use XML configuration file to install the service

Platforms "Application as Service" is compatible with:

    * Windows NT 4.x
    * Windows 2000
    * Windows 2003 x32
    * Windows 2003 x64
    * Windows XP x32
    * Windows XP x64
    * Windows Vista x32
    * Windows Vista x64
    * Windows Server 2008 x32
    * Windows Server 2008 x64