Thanks for the suggestions - I think my next step is to try running it under an admin user account, as you guys both mentioned. Alf - you're absolutely right, Microsoft has srvany.exe, which allows you to run any EXE as a Windows service. I've done this in the past, but it's more of a "hack"..so this go around (since I will be distributing this program), I wanted to go the more professional route..which, unfortunately, involves learning the "scum". :) I posted this to comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, so we'll see if what the Win32 programmers have to say as well. Thanks again!
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