How do you install a service on MSW?

[Elbert Lev]

Duncan Booth <me at privacy.net> wrote in message news:<Xns951A957C4C9C6duncanrcpcouk at 127.0.0.1>...
> 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.

Download and install pywin32-201.win32-py2.3.exe.

In examples there is want: service.

Good luck