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How to Block Ads on your Smart TV (Samsung, LG, Roku and Sony)

Ads can be very annoying. Especially on Smart TVs like the Samsung, LG, Roku and Sony some ads can be overwhelming. It’s not a nice feeling when you just brought in a new TV and turned it ON for the first time. You would not expect to see Ads immediately.

Worry not. We are going to share a couple of ways to block ads on your Smart TV. With those controls, you will be able to completely block the ads on your TV, even the in-app ads. Sounds cool right?

Here are the 2 ways to block ads on your Samsung, LG, Sony and Roku Smart TVs:

  • Filtering specific Ad URLs to your Home Internet Router
  • Installing BlockADA app for Android (Works on Android TVs only)

Now we will discuss each method in detail and explain all the steps required to effectively block all the annoying ads:

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How to Run NodeJS Application as a Windows Service

In a development environment, it’s very easy to run your server using a simple command but in a production environment, your Node application needs to be up and running at all times. To run a Node application as a Windows service, you need to leverage another third-party tool. The best and the easiest one to configure in this case would be NSSM.

What does NSSM offer?

Once you install and configure NSSM for your Node.js application, you can be assured that your server will run forever as a background service.

Here are the most salient features of NSSM:

  • NSSM is a free and open-source software
  • It converts executables into Windows services
  • NSSM can manage the CPU affinity and process priority of the managed application
  • It acts as a Load balancer for your services
  • NSSM monitors the services at all times. Whenever there’s a failure or machine reboots, it will automatically start the services

How to run Node server as a Service using NSSM

Here are step-by-step instructions with screenshots on how to install and use NSSM to ensure the availability of your Node application server at all times:

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