note AcidHawk <p>Have you looked at the [http://www.roth.net/perl/Daemon/|Win32::Daemon] module.<br> This can be compiled and installed without using any sryany.exe type service stubs..</p><P>[http://www.roth.net/perl/scripts#Win32 Service|Example] can be found here. </p> -----<BR> <i>Of all the things I've lost in my life, its my mind I miss the most.</i> 230377 230377