Debugging Preparation: Windows Services 

A Windows service is a program that runs in the background under Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. For more information, see Creating Windows Services. Examples include the Telnet service and the Windows time service, which updates your computer's visible clock. A Windows service cannot be run from within Visual Studio; it must run within the context of the Services Control Manager. For more information, see Debugging Windows Service Applications and Windows Service Applications.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Debug the OnStart Method

Concepts

Project Settings for C# and J# Debug Configurations
Project Settings for a Visual Basic Debug Configuration

Other Resources

Debugging Managed Code
Debugging Preparation: C#, J#, and Visual Basic Project Types