title: Running a background process on Windows 7/XP
body: <p>I am in the process of developing an application using python that needs to be able to run on both Windows 7 and XP. The application takes some simple inputs from buttons on the UI and based on the selections it needs to modify some numbers and then either upload them to a website or add them to a queue to be uploaded later.</p>
  
  <p>My problem is that i need the process which modifies the numbers and does the uploading to run in the background. I am inexperienced at programming so I'm not sure how exactly to do it. What would be the best way to accomplish this? </p>
  
  <p>Edit: Sorry I don't think I was exactly clear. It is making something run in the background that I am having trouble doing. Specifically I need the background process to run until a command is given for it to stop. It is working with a steady stream of input numbers that it is modifying and then uploading one at a time. </p>