Are there any log file about Windows Services Status?

Question

I want to figure out when the services was start up and terminated. Are there any kind log file about it?

Answer 1

The most likely place to find this sort of information is in the event viewer (under Administrative tools in XP or run eventvwr) This is where most services log warnings errors etc.

Answer 2

Take a look at the System log in Windows EventViewer (eventvwr from the command line).
You should see entries with source as 'Service Control Manager'. e.g. on my WinXP machine,

Event Type: Information
Event Source:   Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID:   7036
Date:    7/1/2009
Time:    12:09:43 PM
User:    N/A
Computer:   MyMachine
Description:
The Background Intelligent Transfer Service service entered the running state.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.