If it's like NT then

Subject: If it's like NT then
Name: ludicrous
Date: 9/22/2001 2:07:31 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 138.67.74.229
In Reply to: Win2K question posted by Sledge
Message:

...you can run it as a service, and it will fire up automatically and run in the background any time the OS is up and running, regardless of whether a user is logged in.

The NT client for RC5 can be set up that way.

Never done that myself, though. What are you plotting here?