Running Rails 3 application on windows as a service

Question

I would like to switch to rails 3, but I think it is not doable at the moment. Currently I am running the following stack (which works ok for me):

• Windows XP (Service Pack 3, please don't laugh)
• Rails 2.3.5
• Mongrel 1.1.5
• Mongrel_service 0.3.4
• Ruby 1.8.7, P249

I want to run two Rails apps as a service, so I don't need to think about starting (in a DOS shell) when I start my computer. I am not stick to mongrel, but the combination of mongrel and mongrel_service worked quite well in the past. Every time when I search if it is possible to switch to Rails 3, there are signs that the whole stack will not work.

So is there an option to run Rails 3 applications on Windows XP as a service?