hi Richard,
grab the 3.37 build of Selfservice. That will hopefully sort out the SelfService issues. I'm using SS with GPF Reporter here in all my apps, and I haven't managed yet to duplicate your problem, but the SS update may help.
If the service manager is unable to start the service, then check out the FAQ for possible reasons.
Also - are you compiling in Local mode or DLL mode?
>> I dont want to be paying for NT7 next month just to get them working.
that seems unlikely given that NetTalk is separate from both SelfService and GPF Reporter. On the other hand there will be a bunch of things in the NT7 release that you may well want, so start saving the pennies for the upgrade.
cheers
Bruce