The service is an additional program that runs in background and starts itself automatically at system boot.

It can be very useful, and in most cases absolutely necessary, if Iperius must copy files to protected folders, where only a specific user has write rights.Īdvantages of installing Iperius as service: Using this option, the Iperius process will be started under a specific user session, with the related credentials. In the service management panel we can also select an account to be used for the so-called “ impersonation” (it is selected by default if we chose to run the service under the SYSTEM account, and it is recommended). In the installation window we must specify an user account and we can choose if start the service using the Local System Account (SYSTEM) or the user account we specified. In addition we will be able to choose a specific user account to be used for automatic authentication on network paths (for example if Iperius need to access a shared folder on a NAS device).

The Iperius service will be automatically added to the Windows services and started. How we can see in the images above, the service installation requires very few steps. Let’s see first how to install Iperius as a Windows service: This installation type has several advantages and ensures higher security in the backup scheduling. Zip compression with no limitation for size, file number or path length.Iperius Backup can be installed also as a Windows service.Automatic backup based on days and times.Full, incremental and differential backup.

Backup to NAS, RDX, external USB drives, computers on the network.

It supports zip compression with no size limit, incremental backup, network authentication and the execution of external scripts and programs. It has comprehensive scheduling and e-mail sending functions. Iperius Backup Free allows you to backup to any mass storage device, such as NAS, external USB hard drives, RDX drives, and networked computers. Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022

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