Install your own service or configure an app to run as one. Windows 2000 columnist Jim Boyce walks us through it. In TechRepublic.com, he writes:

Not all Windows programs run in a window and provide an interface to the user. Instead, some programs run as services. Services generally run behind the scenes in a system context and do not provide interaction with the desktop (although some do).

Some third-party applications, as part of a larger package of applications, install as services or install services themselves. In some situations, you might need to install your own services or configure a third-party application to run as a service…

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