Log a windows service

By default, all Windows Service projects have the ability to interact with the Application event log and write information and exceptions to it. You use the AutoLog property to indicate whether you want this functionality in your application. By default, logging is turned on for any service you create with the Windows Service project template. You can use a static form of the EventLog class to write service information to a log without having to create an instance of an EventLog component or manually register a source.

The installer for your service automatically registers each service in your project as a valid source of events with the Application log on the computer where the service is installed, when logging is turned on. The service logs information each time the service is started, stopped, paused, resumed, installed, or uninstalled. It also logs any failures that occur. You do not need to write any code to write entries to the log when using the default behavior; the service handles this for you automatically.