Hi again :)
Try adding something like the following into the OnInstalled/Committed event
of your ProjectInstaller class. I've only tested the following inside a
regular form so far as Im not quite sure which event I should be trapping

using System.ServiceProcess;

[RunInstaller(true)]
public partial class ProjectInstaller : Installer
{
public ProjectInstaller()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void ProjectInstaller_Committed(object sender, InstallEventArgs e)
{
string servicename = "my.service";
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] services;
services = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GetServices();
bool Found = false;
foreach (ServiceController sc in services)
if (string.Compare(servicename, sc.ServiceName, true) == 0)
 Found = true;
if (Found)
{
ServiceController Controller = new ServiceController(servicename);
if (Controller.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped)
Controller.Start();
}
}
}