Ivan,
You can run your application as a service, take a look at Calvin Hsia's "tutorial" on how to do it
http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2004/12/13/282351.aspx
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges