You can use the Task Scheduler to run a script at login.
It's not as robust as creating a service, but it's much less
work.
Roger
"gel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi
> I have written a python client server app that keeps an eye on
> processes starting and ending on a client and makes decision on what to
> do based on information from the server end. I want to run the client
> end of the app more or less invisibly (no console) on the XP clients
> when ever a users logs on. What would be the best way to get this
> done? A bit more info on the purpose of the app... it is to act as a
> licence server, where we have a limited number of licences for software
> and the software installed on all PCs. The app will only allow a pre
> defined number of clients to run the software at any one time.
>
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