Chat Disconnection

Is there a way to keep chat going when I log off of my server. It seems when I log off I get disconnected from my chat client, log back in and then I have to restart Openfire.

Can this be set as a aservice?

What OS do you use? In Windows there is an option to install it as a service (read the documentation). In linux you can setup it as a daemon/service also.

I am using windows 2003 datacenter x64.

http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/documentation.jsp

Installation Guide - Windows Service