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v4.11.75 20-Jul-2026
Corrected: Service+ no longer opens two MMC consoles and displays two UAC prompts when the launcher is double-clicked during initial startup.

v4.11.74 22-Jul-2025
New: Service+ is now completely free — no ads, no bundled software, no catch.
Improved: Service+ binaries, including setup files, are now signed. It only took us 29 years to implement it :-)
Corrected: Service+ no longer triggers an administrative privilege request on user logon. The privilege request is required only when opening Service+.
Corrected: XML configuration export now works with user service type.
Corrected: When copying a service, the service name is also copied to the clipboard.
Corrected: Service+ help was broken under Windows 10.
Changed: Compiled with latest C++ compilers (Visual Studio 2022).

v4.10.73 21-Nov-2016
New: Demo versions can now be identified as such in the About box.

v4.10.72 21-Apr-2016
New: Updated the ServiceMill UI to allow support of 'Show icon in taskbar' feature when running 32 bit processes.

v4.10.71 16-Apr-2015
New: Support for ServiceMill console viewing.
Corrected: ServiceMill service started remotely in an interactive session could end up in another session.
Corrected: The Service+ window was not shown when double clicking on the Service+ shortcut, if it was already started.

v4.9.70 22-Dec-2011
New: Added support for the service delayed automatic startup mode that was introduced in Windows Vista.

v4.8.69 23-Nov-2010
Corrected: Service+ settings were not saved when logging off.

v4.8.68 22-Jul-2010
Changed: Compiled with Visual Studio 2008.

v4.8.67 20-Oct-2009
Corrected: Check the 'Interact with desktop' option in the service creation wizard had no effect. The service was always created non-interactive.

v4.8.66 09-Jul-2009
New: A text search like feature is now available to search services in a service view.
New: The refresh speed of real time information for services (CPU usage, memory, etc.) can now be adjusted.
Improved: When starting an interactive service through a Terminal Server session (RDP), it is possible to save the default startup session and therefore avoid the startup dialog.
Corrected: When importing a service configuration, services which had spaces in their path were not always properly imported.

v4.7.65 03-Mar-2008
New: Started services can now be deleted without having to stop the service first.

v4.6.64 10-Aug-2007
Corrected: Problems when installing on Windows 2000 systems. The DLL registration was failing on the MMC Snap In. 

v4.6.63 15-May-2007
Corrected: Some XML properties were not set properly when exporting the ServiceKeeeper configuration

v4.6.62 7-Feb-2007
New: Added support for Windows Vista
New: Ability to start an interactive ServiceMill service in a Terminal Service user session and Windows Vista user session.
Corrected: When adding a new service, some fields were not updated in the services list.
Changed: Removed the Korean user interface

v4.5.61 5-Sep-2006
Corrected: Service+ no longer gives an access denied error when a non admin user changes some service settings on a service he has full rights on.
Corrected: In the setup program, the /StartService+ command line switch had no effect. Service+ was always started.

v4.5.60 4-May-2006
New: It is now possible to export the settings of a service as an XML configuration file.
New: It is now possible to import the settings of a service from an XML configuration file.
Corrected: Reset service security did not work properly.

v4.4.59 22-Feb-2006
New: Service+ can now configure the security on a service and on the service manager. 
New: A custom view can be created by multi selecting services and right clicking 'Create view from selection'.
Corrected: The Service+ setup program did not install the Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC.manifest file. This could cause errors to be logged to the System event log.
Corrected: The Service+.msc file was not installed on Windows 2003 R2 Edition.
Regression: A computer or custom list view could no longer be sorted. 

v4.3.58 19-Jan-2006
New: Service+ now runs natively on Windows x64 editions (Windows XP x64 Edition and Windows 2003 x64 Edition).

v4.2.57 4-Nov-2005
Corrected: ServiceKeeper 'Monitor now' and 'Reset Statistics' menu items were available in Service+ even if ServiceKeeper was not installed. clicking on them crashed the Service+ Console.

v4.2.56 13-Sep-2005
Corrected: Service+ setup could fail when some required files were locked by another application.

v4.2.55 26-May-2005
Corrected: Computers begining with a non alphabetic character (e.g. a digit) were not properly displayed in the 'Browse For Computers' dialog.

v4.2.54 1-Mar-2005
New: Added a remote computer fast detection mode to detect if the computer is running. This avoids long timeouts on standard system calls.
Corrected: Only administrators could start, stop or pause services. A non administrator user with sufficient rights on a service got an 'Access Denied' error when trying to perform such an action.
Corrected: Service name validation was not properly made.
Corrected: Service status and icon was not always synchronized.

v4.1.53 10-Nov-2004
New: It is now possible to create a custom view which only shows ServiceMill services.
New: It is now possible to create a custom view which only shows monitored services.
Corrected: The Add dependency feature was not working with remote services.
Corrected: Service+ could run very slowly when displaying services from several machines in the same view.

v4.1.52 22-Jun-2004
New: Service+ now displays the service process CPU usage, physical memory usage and virtual memory usage.
New: Disabled services are now differentiated from stopped services by an empty black circle
Improved: Overall CPU usage was reduced.
Improved: The auto refresh feature was optimized to reduce the blinking effect.
Corrected: On some computers, installed services with Service+ could return the error '%1 is not a valid Win32 application'.
Corrected: A running service that was disabled after it had been started could not be stopped.

v4.0.51 13-Jan-2004
Corrected: Services were not hidden when they were excluded by a resource selection filter.
Corrected: The Service+ taskbar icon had no tool tip.
Corrected: Tool tips were not displayed on most tool bar buttons.

v4.0.50 26-Nov-2003
Corrected: French and Korean versions hung when editing service dependencies.

v4.0.49 24-Oct-2003
New: Service+ is now implemented as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-In.
New: Filtered views can now be set in Service+. Views may include services from multiple servers.
New: Setup program supports silent installation mode for easier deployment.
Improved : Restarting a service will also restart currently running dependent services.
Corrected: Dependencies on group were not displayed when editing access denied service properties.
Corrected: Service creation accepted a service short name beginning with + (the + sign is reserved to group names).

v3.6.48 20-May-2003
Corrected: The service executable path validation was failing when parameters were specified.
Corrected: The computer name field is no longer limited to 15 characters. Therefore it is now possible to enter an ip address or a fully qualified domain name

v3.6.47 19-Dec-2002
New: Registration key can be changed from the help menu.
Changed: Service+ toolbar buttons are now flat.
Corrected: Garbage displayed when editing access denied service properties.
Corrected: Crash when entering a service description longer then 259 characters.
Corrected: Service list was not properly refreshed when applying changes on service configuration.
Corrected: Toolbar buttons were not updated when applying changes on service configuration.
Corrected: Service dependents list was never updated in the list view.
Corrected: When service dependencies were modified, group dependencies were lost.
Corrected: Service Program existence was not verified when changing the executable path.

v3.6.46 2-Sep-2002
New: Sort indicator in Services list.
Improved: Completely redesigned Help file
Improved: Service dependencies are displayed in a tree view.
Corrected: Service+ taskbar icon was not reload after an explorer crash.
Corrected: When pressing <Return>, Service+ was closed instead of displaying services properties. 
Corrected: Circular dependencies could be set in Service+.
Corrected: Kill a service was not killing possible child processes.
Corrected: <Right Shift>+<Start> did not displayed startup parameters dialog.
Corrected: When pressing <Application> key, service context menu was not displayed.

V3.5.45 31-Jan-2002
New: Columns size and position as are saved when closing Service+.
New: Last selected computer is optionally saved when closing Service+.
New: Columns that will appear on the Service+ window can be selected.
New: Columns order can be reorganized.
New: Pressing the "F5" key will force a service list refresh.
New: Added an "Options" dialog box.
Improved: Delete multiple services at the same time using the "Remove" button.
Changed: "Uninstall", "Help" and "Add a ServiceMill service" shortcuts have been removed from the start menu.
Changed: Default installation directory changed from "\Program Files\Service+" to "\Program Files\Active+\Service+".
Corrected: Problem with Service+ shortcuts that only launch Service+ in the taskbar.
Corrected: The Service+ icon is displayed in the "Add/Remove Programs" panel.

V3.4.44 4-Sep-2001
Improved: Clicking on a column twice will inverse the sort order
Corrected: Crash when selecting a remote NT4 computer from a Win2K machine and clicking on the description column.
Corrected: Problem with Service+ desktop shortcut that did not do anything if Service+ was running in the taskbar
New: The default computer can be specified using a command line switch. Syntax: rundll32 svcplus.cpl,Start /Computer=xxxxxx

V3.3.43 11-Jul-2001
New: Service+ can installed in the taskbar
Improved: The "Remote Registry Service" is no longer required
Updated: Completly redesigned ServiceMill and ServiceKeeper user interface
Corrected: The "Install a ServiceMill service" option now works remotly

V3.2.42 14-May-2001
Updated: ServiceMill UI

V3.2.41 19-Apr-2001
Corrected: The web link feature was not working properly

V3.2.40 1-Mar-2001
Corrected: Sending a test message from the ServiceKeeper SMTP settings would crash Service+. Cause: Compatibility problem with mlang.dll shipped with IE4.x.

V3.2.39	8-Jan-2001
Corrected: Error "Network path not found" displayed when starting Service+. On Windows 2000 Service+ requires the Remote Registry Service to be started. If this service is not started, it will be automatically started.
Updated: ServiceKeeper admin

V3.1.38 18-Dec-2000
Updated: ServiceKeeper 2.1.15 UI support

V3.1.37 25-Sep-2000
Updated: ServiceKeeper admin

V3.1.36 2-Aug-2000
Corrected: Minor bugs in Korean resources

V3.1.35 23-May-2000
New: new toolbar button to select recent computers
Corrected: Computer list bug (item added after "Other...")
Corrected: Changing the service executable path was not always updating the service record
New: Korean Language

V3.0.34 14-Dec-1999
New: Completely redesigned user interface
New: Support Windows 2000 description field
New: Separated dependencies property page from General property page
New: Quick jump to select a service using the keyboard
New: The window size and position is saved in the registry
New: A ServiceMill service or a regular service can be installed using the new Tools menu.
Improved: Setup program to allow copy and removal of locked file

V2.0.33 14-Sep-1999
New: The Service+ window is now resizeable

V1.8.32 08-Jul-1999
Changed: Ordering interface / Packaging

V1.7.30 10-May-1999
New: New icon representing the service state (green for started, orange for paused, and an hour glass for pending)
Changed: The dialog box used to select a user account is now the standard Windows NT dialog box (much faster!)
Corrected: Bug when settings priviliges on a service account when the workstation service is not started
Corrected: When Service+ was started and no services are selected, pressing any of the service control buttons would have caused a GPF.
Corrected: When selecting a different computer and no services are selected, pressing any of the service control buttons would have caused a GPF.

V1.6.29 23-Feb-1999
New: Support for ServiceKeeper administration
Corrected: Required privileges were not properly granted to an account used by a service. The bug would result in a 'A required privilege is not held by the client' error message when starting a service.
Corrected: The browse users dialog box was not always working properly (Very slow, empty list).

V1.5.26 30-Nov-1998
New: Startup parameters (Shift+Start) are saved in the registry
New: The Service+ window can be minimized

V1.4.24 15-Aug-1998
New: Added new languages (Italian, Japanese and Russian)
New: Added support for new Common Control full line selection in the service list
Improved: German Translation
Corrected: Problem uninstalling Service+ after evaluation period is over and a Service-It service is installed
Corrected: Problem reinstalling Service+ when the Control Panel was loaded

V1.3.22 12-Mar-1998
New: Edit service properties on multiple services at the same time

V1.2.20 08-Dec-1997
New: Digital Alpha support
Corrected: When starting a service with optional parameters (Shift+Start), the first parameter was missing.
Corrected: The Uninstall option did not work properly.

V1.2.18 15-May-1997:
Corrected: Security problem when administrating remote services
Corrected: Invalid status reported when starting some improperly written services
Corrected: Wrong error reported when a service fails to stop

V1.1.19: 29-Oct-1997:
New: Support new Service-It setup parameters

V1.1.18 15-Sep-1997:
New: Added administration support for Service-It

V1.0.11 23-Mar-1997: First public version