How do you install a service on MSW?

Duncan Booth me at privacy.net
Fri Jul 2 09:44:42 EDT 2004


frank at chagford.com (Frank Millman) wrote in 
news:246a4e07.0407020505.5ebf78de at posting.google.com:

> I have figured out how to do this in Linux. On MSW I naively expected
> to be able to go to Control Panel > Adminstrative Tools > Services,
> right click, and find an option to add a new service. No such luck.
> Can anybody please explain how I might be able to do this, or at least
> tell me where I can read up on it.
> 
> I am using Python 2.3.3 with Win32 extensions on Windows 2000 Pro.

Try reading Python Programming on Win32 by Mark Hammond & Andy Robinson, 
chapter 18 is all about services. Alternatively Google for win32serviceutil 
which is the module you need to know about.




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