Advantage of using Thread.Start vs QueueUserWorkItem

Question

In multithreaded .NET programming, what are the decision criteria for using ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem versus starting my own thread via new Thread() and Thread.Start()?

Answer 1

Most of my reading agrees with Marcel, the ability to control thread if something goes (Abort ...) is something that should be heavily considered particularly if you are dealing with 3rd party calls over which you have no control and may hang.