Is there a such thing as a Windows 8.1 pro desktop server widget for Emby?

[Arkieboy72472 2]

I was just wondering, and I know this is lazy, if there is such a thing as a small desktop resource monitor widget thing that can show me if my service is running?

 

Yes, I know I can CTRL-ALT-DEL and look at the service and see it myself. Yes, I can open a browser and do all that. Think lazy. I know this is a long shot.

 

Reason I ask is because here lately the server (the PC I am on now) has been unstable and sometime it will kick off for no reason and idk why.

 

I am not running the latest, but rather 3.4.0 on Windows 8.1 pro.

 

Obviously I can use the app on my phone to check it remotely, but I would rather just know it is up without all that jazz.

 

Yea, I know it is lazy, but I am a red means bad, green means good kinda guy.

 

I made the mistake and added my sister and now I am her personal fucking Netflix. I get texts when it is down and I usually blame it on the internet to shut her up.

 

I would love to be able to look at a widget or an app or something and be all "it's fine on my end, must be your fault." like a good, lazy person should be.

 

If any of you all get what I am saying and have a system for that, please share

 

Yours Truely,

 

Lazy ass old man who is in a state of regretflix and long time plexile.

[pir8radio 1313]

I was just wondering, and I know this is lazy, if there is such a thing as a small desktop resource monitor widget thing that can show me if my service is running?

 

Yes, I know I can CTRL-ALT-DEL and look at the service and see it myself. Yes, I can open a browser and do all that. Think lazy. I know this is a long shot.

 

Reason I ask is because here lately the server (the PC I am on now) has been unstable and sometime it will kick off for no reason and idk why.

 

I am not running the latest, but rather 3.4.0 on Windows 8.1 pro.

 

Obviously I can use the app on my phone to check it remotely, but I would rather just know it is up without all that jazz.

 

Yea, I know it is lazy, but I am a red means bad, green means good kinda guy.

 

I made the mistake and added my sister and now I am her personal fucking Netflix. I get texts when it is down and I usually blame it on the internet to shut her up.

 

I would love to be able to look at a widget or an app or something and be all "it's fine on my end, must be your fault." like a good, lazy person should be.

 

If any of you all get what I am saying and have a system for that, please share

 

Yours Truely,

 

Lazy ass old man who is in a state of regretflix and long time plexile.

 

 

I use PRTG, but here is an easier to use program: https://www.manageengine.com/free-windows-service-monitor/free-windows-service-monitor-index.html

but emby shouldn't be freezing up...   Whats going on there?

[Arkieboy72472 2]

Well, the internet was kinda going in and out here recently. It happens every time it gets real hot or the weather gets bad, even though it is cable. I don't mind it because we don't have data caps and we pay good rates. Also, I don't get nasty grams about my torrenting, so I know my ISP is chill.

 

The stopping started the other day when I did some virus searching, I had my yahoo page turn into a huge red warning sign and my first thought was virus or malware. I then downloaded Sophos Virus removal tool and ran it with my ESET suite. I unpluged the ethernet cable for a while and scanned everything, Nothing was found so I went back to normal use, but I noticed that the second opinion tool was shutting down processes it was unaware of left and right, which is a good thing. Well, it disabled nssm, which is how I use Emby as a service (instead of start up). For the rest of the day emby was broken. I don't reboot often because my HP Z800 is slow to turn off and on and my password is long as hell. I also don't update emby all of the time because sometimes that breaks nssm.

 

So, a recent reboot has fixed the issue so far and I hope that the paranoid virus scanner was the reason.

 

Anyhow, my post was mainly because I am lazy and I dislike dealing with my sister when it comes to "why is emby down?" "are you doing maintence?" blah blah blah.

[WilhelmStroker 102]

Given that your emby server is available externally, why not use UpTimeRobot? You'll get a push message in the app when it cant reach the port. Or an email.