I need help with Programming Techniques

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Good afternoon everyone, First of all I would like to thank everyone who is involved in this forum (members, moderators, etc.) for keeping it alive. Without forums such as these, the world would be a boring and rather frustrating place to live. I'm proud to be a part of the C# Corner community and look forward to interacting with all of you. My questions: 1) How do I create a Windows process? When you press Ctrl+Alt+Delete the Windows Task Manager pops up (WinXP Pro). If you click "Processes" there is a list of all the currently running processes on your computer. I want to know how I can implement this into my program. 2) I notice that there are certain programs that run automatically when Windows starts. The only way I know how to have my program run when Windows starts is by placing a shortcut into my "Startup" folder. I don't see any other programs in there so I am curious how I can have my program start up with Windows without putting a shortcut in the "Startup" folder. Is this what a Process does? 3) Can I create a Windows Service that actaully calls a program? I still don't understand the whole concept of a Windows Service. I know that it can write to a file. What else can I do with a Windows Service? 4) I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2002. I can't seem to get my hands on VS.NET 2003 yet. I usually swap software so if anyone's willing, please let me know. However, I actually bought VS.NET 2002 and I don't really want to buy another copy. Is there any way I can upgrade VS.NET 2002 to VS.NET 2003 by downloading some references (DLLs)? I want to have a SplashScreen whenever my program starts, but I guess that's only possible with VS.NET 2003. Am I right? Well, I guess that's it for now. Please give detailed feedback. I'm rather new to C#, however, I'm learning faster than I had anticipated. I guess it helps if you've taken C++, Java, and ASP (VBScript). Thank you all in advance! Regards, Matt