Is there no easy way to set a EXE as a system service?
without the aid of a 3rd party app?

i thought maybe this would work
C:\temp\install>havic.exe -install
but i dont know... any help asap is needed
thnks

oh dear. this was the third google result i got:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...&NoWebContent=1

That's a very nice link. I didn't think it could be done like that...

This program makes it easy to create your own services:

http://www.prismmicrosys.com/atyourservice...rvice-index.htm

It's not freeware, but that's not much of a problem.

i have used this program b4, it uses up a lot more resources than it does using srvany approach from microsoft. Takes a bit longere to do but its worth it in the long run.

there is a 3rd party program to do this on www.alixoft.com check it out, should be free and at the bottom of the downloads page

thanks for the useful link i was need to one like that but is this tool available for windows XP too by theway windows XP have its own build in command line tool
try sc -?

nice.. thanks for this too..