I have a very simple win32serviceutil script: import win32serviceutil, time
win32serviceutil.StartService("burek", "localhost") time.sleep(10) exit() It successfuly imports win32serviceutil, and chokes on StartService: Traceback (most recent call last): File "foobar.py", line 3, in ? win32serviceutil.StartService("burek", "localhost") File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py", line 399, in StartService hs = SmartOpenService(hscm, serviceName, win32service.SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py", line 76, in SmartOpenService return win32service.OpenService(hscm, name, access) pywintypes.error: (1060, 'OpenService', 'The specified service does not exist as an installed service.') What does that mean? -- "Now the storm has passed over me I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list