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I forgot to set the service up to logon to the local system account. In the services dialog right-click on the service name, select properties. On the Logon tab make sure the radiobutton for logging onto the local system account is checked. Might not be the same problem for you, but as soon...

Thanks for that! I'm still getting to grips with this VB.NET stuff :)

I am using the StreamReader class very successfully to open and process a text file. However there is one small problem which I need to design for. The text file arrives at a known location from an external process over which I have no control. Because of the way this is implemented most of...

Ignore my question. I must have done something this morning which fixed the problem. The service now starts/stops exactly as I want.

I have just started using VS 2005 and SQL Server 2005. As a result I need some help from my peers. I searched the Internet and came up with several likely looking support forums. I have subscribed to several of these. However these vbdotnetforums are quite outstanding IMHO so well done to...

I managed to write and install a small Windows service using VB.NET this afternoon (VB.NET 2005). It took a little bit of experimentation to get it installed using InstallUtil but I got there in the end. However, when I start the service from the command line (NET START ...), it returns zero...

Excellent stuff BadgerByte. Just the answer I was looking for - and a URL spelling it out to boot!

I am new to developing with .NET, but have been trained so I know my way around and can development basic programs no problem. I would appreciate thoughts on the general direction that development might take with respect to the following. Text files arrive at a network location from a third...