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5 Overview of Mercury/32
Running Mercury/32

Running Mercury/32 as a service:
Windows NT, 2000 and XP support a concept called a Service, or a special type of process
that runs in the background in a space separate from the desktop and the user. Mercury/32
currently cannot operate as a native service, but there are third-party tools, such as Microsoft's
SRVANY program (available as part of the Windows NT Resource Kit), which can be used to
run Mercury in this way. Running the program as a service has some trade-offs, especially if
you are using either of its NetWare-specific personality modules, and as a result, installation
of Mercury/32 as a service using a third-party tool should only be attempted by experienced
network administrators.