packaging windows services?

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Hi all,
trying to package a windows service into a standalone (no full python 
install needed)
py2exe works well, except that it only appears to support 'manual start' 
service option and only under default accont. What py2exe appears to do 
is to ignore the win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(MyService) in the 
main and just use the class (hence the classname requirement on the 
command line) with its own options. The advantage of this approach is 
that it does not require PythonService.exe.
McMillan does not appear to support services directly. But I do wonder 
if I can combine the exe produced by McMillan with PythonService.exe to 
get something working.
The other approach is to dig into the py2exe source and swap the manual 
start for automatic.
suggestions?