exactly.... the service was setup with the JavaService utility (part of an Adobe Lifecycle installation). will check out the registry entry (would have never guessed going that why....thanks for the tip). assume i can see every argument to the jvm in the register. best alternative in the future might to reinstall the service with my settings. will respond back later with a solution. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4225569#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...