[this problem is already known by the developers. i'm 
submitting a bug report here for the record and hoping 
that some win32 expert can solve the issue ;-) ]

Roundup has code to support Windows Services to let a 
user run the roundup-server in background and manage 
the process thru the Control  Panel. It's broken thou.

Follows the symptoms of the problem:

 C:>roundup-server -p 8080 -d pid -l log 
support=c:\\tracker\\support
 Usage: '-c [options] install|update|remove|start [...]
|stop|restart 
 [...]|debug[...]'
 Options for 'install' and 'update' commands only:
   --username domain\username : The Username the 
service is to run under
   --password password : The password for the username
   --startup [manual|auto|disabled] : How the service 
starts, default = 
 manual
 
 C:>roundup-server -p 8080 -d pid -l log 
support=c:\\tracker\\support
 -c install
 Error: exceptions.ValueError: Instances must be 
name=home
 
 Usage:
 roundup-server [-n hostname] [-p port] [-l file] [-d file] 
[name=tracker 
 home]*
 ... etc ...

Regards,
-Hernan