check if a service is runing

Hi all
I use pcanywhere to remote pooling for a few stores,
the problem is when pcanywhere is not waiting for a connection,
pcanywhere wait host is a service and it runs a exe,
the service executable path is C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\awhost32.exe
I cant just shell it because maybe its running,
is there a way in vb.net to check if the service is running if not start it?

Thank You

Funny...

Wouldn't PCAnywhere check to see if an instance of itself was already running?

This is cut from my project. Let me know if you need anything else.

PHP Code:

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Private myService As ServiceController ' Used as a reference to the service
...

    Private Sub CheckServiceInstallation()
        ' Verify to see if the service is installed.
        Dim installedServices() As ServiceController
        Dim tmpService As ServiceController
        Dim i As Integer = 0

        installedServices = ServiceController.GetServices()

        For Each tmpService In installedServices
            If tmpService.DisplayName = "YOUR SERVICE NAME" Then
                isServiceInstalled = True
                ' Assign the service to myService, so we can use it later.
                myService = tmpService
                Exit For
            End If
        Next tmpService

      msgbox("Service Status: " + myService.Status.ToString())

End Sub 


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Hi Shurijo

Thanks for your code
i have one problem,
Private myService As ServiceController
ServiceController is not declared?
Thanks for your help

ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/vbcon/html/vbtskCreatingServiceControllerComponentInstances.htm

VB Code:

[b]
Imports System
Imports System.ServiceProcess
Imports System.Diagnostics
[/b]
Module Module1
   Sub Main()
      Dim myController As New ServiceController("IISAdmin")
      If myController.CanStop Then
         Debug.WriteLine(myController.ServiceName & " can be stopped.")
      Else
         Debug.WriteLine(myController.ServiceName & " cannot stop.")
      End If
   End Sub  
End Module

Thank you

i have one problem,
System.ServiceProcess
vs.net namesoace or type can't be found?
thanks again