Installing a windows service on remote machine using given username

Question

What is the best way to install a windows service written in C# (in the standard way) on a remote machine, where I need to provide the username and password it should run as

Answer 1

You can use the SC command.

sc.exe \\remotecomputer create newservice binpath= C:\Windows\System32\Newserv.exe start= auto obj= DOMAIN\username password= pwd

(Note the spaces after the equals signs are important)

Creates a service entry in the registry and Service Database.
SYNTAX: 
sc create [service name] [binPath= ]  ...
CREATE OPTIONS:
NOTE: The option name includes the equal sign.
 type= 
       (default = own)
 start= 
       (default = demand)
 error= 
       (default = normal)
 binPath= 
 group= 
 tag= 
 depend= 
 obj= 
       (default = LocalSystem)
 DisplayName= 
 password=