Putting AOL purely in the background

[DanFraser]

I'm currently trying to setup a tiny little network for some family. They currently have a computer with AOL on XP Home. I've managed to rig it so that with a wireless network card they can access the internet from a laptop. However, a user must be logged in, with AOL open for this to work, and if they log off (either deliberately or screen saver) everything goes to pot and I basically have to re-write the stuff each time this happens. I've got it working beautifully apart from this. Is there any way to force the network options (if possible) to stay user-free and be permenantly on, and to also have AOL as a background service from boot up, but still maintain the illusion it is still the same as before?

I know that last bit sounds strange, but they are too used to AOL. I am doing my best to get them off AOL and on to a cheaper much more supportable provider, one which this problem would be oh so simple.