Is it possible to log who started or stopped a windows service?

Question

I have some windows services written in C#. When somebody stops or starts the service, I would like to be able to determine who it was and log that information.

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Answer 1

You can enable auditing according to this article

http://windowsitpro.com/systems-management/access-denied-auditing-users-who-might-be-starting-and-stopping-services

Additionally, it may be a good idea to alert email to yourself in OnStop() method.