Jan, Michal, It appears there is a need to run the gk as a service process under windows without using GnuGkSvc.exe. Provided you agree, I could implement a basic windows service process and propose the following: 1) Compile the gk with a preprocessor #definition RUN_AS_SERVICE 2) Handles additional command line arguments such as: -Install -Remove -Start -Stop -Update Regards, Franz. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________________ List: Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8549 Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/