Hi Shawn,
If you start it in a System context it should run as long as the system is up. You can do that with a Registry entry. Start regedit with Start->Run and type regedit and OK. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Right click in the right pane and select New->
String Value. Change the name of the key to something appropriate (like MyJVM). Now right click on the new value and select Modify. Under value data enter the command line to start your app like
javaw -jar MyApp.jar. Reboot the machine, bring up a task manager and verify that the process is running. Logout and log back in and check to see if it is still running.
Hope this helps,
Michael Morris
[ March 10, 2003: Message edited by: Michael Morris ]
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. - Ernst F. Schumacher