Check if a service exists on a particular machine without using exception handling

Question

Don\'t know if there is a better way to do this, so that is the reason for the question. I can check if a service exists on a particular machine with the following code:

Answer 1

Built on top of Mike's answer. Same concept as Dictionary.TryGetValue.

    /// 

    /// Gets a  given the specified .
    /// 
    /// The name of the service.
    /// The  associated with the name.
    /// 
    ///  if the  exists; otherwise .
    /// 
    private static bool TryGetService(string pServiceName, out ServiceController pService)
    {
        pService = ServiceController.GetServices()
            .FirstOrDefault(serviceController => serviceController.ServiceName == pServiceName);

        return pService != null;
    }