... firefox 30+ disabled NTLMv1 over insecure connection

NTLMv1 is known to be insecure but if you need it new setting was introduced:
network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 - defaults to false and NTLMv1 auth request is silently ignored when sent over HTTP. Set it to true to force NTLMv1authentication prompt.

Disclaimer: NTLMv1 over HTTP is considered insecure - you should know what are you doing

... nssm - non sucking service manager

Seems really usable - new to me.
Why I like it ... it is able to start any command as a service and has several options for service shutdown (Send Ctrl-C, send WM_CLOSE,kill process)

http://nssm.cc/usage