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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/dd405513.aspx Trigger started services are services in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 that can register to be started or stopped when a trigger event occurs. This eliminates the need for services to start when the system starts, or for services to poll or actively wait for an event; a service can start when it is needed, instead of starting automatically whether or not there is work to do. Examples of predefined trigger events include arrival of a device of a specified device interface class or availability of a particular firewall port. A service can also register for a custom trigger event generated by an http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133390" target="_blank Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) provider. In this screencast, http://www.gregcons.com/kateblog/ Kate Gregory ( http://twitter.com/gregcons @gregcons ) provides an overview of trigger started services on Windows 7 via the http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack Windows API Code Pack , a source code library that can be used to access some features of Windows 7 and Windows Vista from managed code. <img src="http://m.webtrends.com/dcs1wotjh10000w0irc493s0e_6x1g/njs.gif?dcssip=channel9.msdn.com&dcsuri=http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS&WT.dl=0&WT.entryid=Entry:RSSView:e270754fca2f445cba429e6f0029bd75
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