Hello all, I'm just putting together a twisted app that will have an http server for a control UI and a TCP server running my own protocol. I've read the 'Configuring and using the Twisted.Web Server' but am a bit confused as to the relation between rolling my own as described at the beginning of the howto and the use of mktap and twistd. Do I take it correctly that mktap makes a simple application that is not particularly adaptable? Assuming I roll my own as shown at the beginning of the howto how does twistd fit in? I seem to remember reading somewhere that twistd was the preferred means of starting a twisted app. I've tried making a simple web server with mktap and twistd which works fine except on my winXP box does not run in the background. This is a winXP limitation I presume. Any help appreciated, John Pote