Hi Jan, Unfortunately you will have to register it as a service. I am almost certain there is no other way to do it. However, setting up an executable as a true Windows Service is extremely tedious. You can try this utility that I use. You can get it here: http://www.seritt.org/pub/srvinst13b.exe. I'm probably not supposed to distribute it, but the site and owners that used to host it have gone belly up best that I can tell. As with anything, use it at your own risk. I found it as freeware a few months back.
If you want a decent cheap solution, FireDaemon is pretty good. I think it's like 30USD but it does a great job and adds a few extra features. HTH, Harlin Seritt Internet Villa: www.seritt.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
