First of all I would like to thank every one who has tried to help me thus far, it great! As I said im a noob at c# getting this type of help will bring me to the next level (even if its a still a low one ;)) I'm am using vista.... when using Shukla's great piece of code I get this: The problem might be missing a reference? Error 1 The type or namespace name 'ServiceProcess' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?) C:\Users\mike\AppData\Local\Temporary Projects\ConsoleApplication1\Program.cs 2 14 ConsoleApplication1 The problem might be missing a reference? Also the ebook (Microsoft.Press.Microsoft.Visual.C.Sharp.2008.Step.by.Step)I use to teach myself is not telling me how to link in a external .dll so if you have any good references on this subject I would love to know! Anyway thank you for you time! :-D