TF2 Dedicated Server Simply Shutting Down

[iamzorg]

I'm new to hosting this, but I have a remote connection to an actual dedicated server running Win Server 2008 Web Edition.

I've configured everything correctly and the server runs flawlessly.

The problem is: I come back hours later when the server has remained empty, connect to my desktop, and the shell has closed.

I took steps as shown in online tutorials to allow my program to run as a service, and it shows it as a service in task manager. However, it still shuts down after being idle for too long.

Much help would be greatly appreciated!!!

[Mike]

Probably crashed for some reason.

[iamzorg]

It probably is. But for a reason that has to be related or correlated to the amount of players. It ran for 8 hours straight yesterday with up to 26 players. Then in between then and now, I'm positive it was empty.