Cannot Start VB.NET Service

[louise.kelly]

Hi All,
Looking for a bit of help here. I have a VB.NET application that runs
as a service on a W2003 Server, well that sometimes runs as a service.
If I start the service while connected to the server via remote
desktop, the service starts successfully and all is hunky dory.
However, if I logon directly to the server as the same user, I get the
message:
"The <service> service on Local Computer started and then stopped.
Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for
example, the performance logs and alerts service"
The service does have work to do as it should enter a main loop which
processes continually (as it happens when connected via remote
desktop).
When stepping through the the code, it successfully creates a new
instance of the service:
ServicesToRun = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase()
{New MyService}
But when attempting to actually run this service:
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRu n)
it just displays an empty message box with the title "Windows Service
Start Failure".
I have put in a Try\Catch but no error is returned.
I think it must have something to do with permissions if it starts
successfully through a remote desktop connection, but then I am using
the same user for both... I am at a loss!
Anyone got any ideas? I'll be forever grateful.