get Services from MMC

[dawgfather]

Hi There!!
Does anyone know how to retrieve the Services data from MMC?(run services.msc)

Wat i'm trying to do is check my computer for unlicensed softwares. So from Services i can get the softwares that are running at the moment and write em to a database. Thanks in advance.

[dawgfather]

aight i found out how 2 get all the processes that are running on my computer...but how do i find out the softwares that arent running so i can check if they licensed or not???

[Andy]

how did you get your first problem solved? did you run application.start? or how?

[dawgfather]

This is all i did

Dim p As Process
For Each p In Process.GetProcesses()
txtProcessNames.Text = txtProcessNames.Text & p.ProcessName & vbCrLf
Next p

i cant find a way to get all the programs from the Service console. If i do that i can use both.

[Mike Hildner]

' Visual Basic
Dim services() As System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController
services = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GetServices()

HTH,
Mike

[dawgfather]

Thanks..got it workin..