title: Show status window from Windows Service
body: <p>I have a Windows service written in .NET with C#.  I know from here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109271/launching-gui-app-from-windows-service-window-does-not-appear">Launching GUI App from Windows Service - Window Does Not Appear</a>.  that I can allow the service to interact with the desktop.  From Windows 7, however, I just get a dialog telling me "A program running on this computer is trying to display a message".  The service is an update service (think Windows update) I wanted to pop up a dialog telling the user that an update is taking place and informing them of the progress.</p>
  
  <p>1) Can I display a window from a service in Windows 7?</p>
  
  <p>2) Can I detect from within the service whether it can interact with the desktop?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Scott</p>