windows-services

I'm trying to deploy a windows service but not quite sure how to do it right. I built it as a console app to start with, I've now turned it into a windows service project and just call my class from the OnStart method in the service. I now need to install this on a server which doesn't have Visual Studio on it, which if I've understood it correctly means I can't use the InstallUtil.exe and have to create an installer class instead. Is this correct? I did have a look at a previous question, Install a .NET windows service without InstallUtil.exe , but I just want to make sure I've understood it

Does anyone know what would be the minimum rights I would need to grant to a domain user account in order to run a windows service as that user? For simplicity, assume that the service does nothing over and above starting, stopping, and writing to the "Application" event log - i.e. no network access, no custom event logs etc. I know I could use the built in Service and NetworkService accounts, but it's possible that I may not be able to use these due to network policies in place. Two ways: Edit the properties of the service and set the Log On user. The appropriate right will be automatically

I'm looking for a way to monitor certain Windows services (on Windows Server 2003) and restart if necessar y. The services are on different servers and include mainly SQL Server services (e.g. SQL Server Agent), but also some proprietary services. Email alerts sent out if a service has stopped would be very useful as well. A "might be enough" version of this is built into Windows. Look into the "Recovery" tab of the service properties, as available via services.msc . You can act on a service fail with: "Restart the Service" "Run a Progam" "Restart the Computer" "Run a program" could be a small

I wanted to start a Windows service to run a function everyday at specific time. What method i should consider to implement this? Timer or using threads? Settapon H (1) On first start, Set _timer.Interval to the amount of milliseconds between the service start and schedule time. This sample set schedule time to 7:00 a.m. as _scheduleTime = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).AddHours(7); (2) On Timer_Elapsed, reset _timer.Interval to 24 hours (in milliseconds) if current interval is not 24 hours. System.Timers.Timer _timer; DateTime _scheduleTime; public WinService() { InitializeComponent(); _timer =

I am trying to build several Windows services to do different things. For instance, I need Windows services that will: Send a daily report via email Periodically cleanup some archived info every 30 minutes etc. The tasks I need the windows services to do are distinct so I don't really like the idea of having them all in one service. What I've got so far is a project in Visual Studio 2008. I've created a windows service, I've set up a timer on the OnStart event (it just writes to a text file every 5 seconds for testing purposes). I then added an Installer to the project and when I run

Usually, I get this error: (The "service name" service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other service or programs) when there's something wrong with my code, like non-existing drive paths, etc. The windows service will not start. I have a windows service that backs up folder/files, to a location if it reached the size limit. Details are all provide by an XML Configuration that the windows service reads on start. I have a separate windows forms that has a button that does exactly what my windows service's onstart is doing. I