I have not seen this problem either and my service does not call base.OnStart. Decompiling ServiceBase.OnStart, shows an empty virtual method. There must be some other explanation.
Doug > Just looked at my code and I call base.OnStart() at > the end of my OnStart(). I imagine that the base > class calls SetServiceStatus() to tell the OS that > your service is running. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
