Windows Event Log wrong Source column value

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Published on 2014-06-12T20:56:35Z Indexed on 2014/06/12 21:26 UTC
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In the Event Viewer in Windows 7 there is a Source column that is set by my Windows Service application. The value is set to TOS and usually when a log entry is associated to my application, it has TOS as the Source column value.

However, when the service fails to start (or some other kind of error occurs) I get a Source of one of the following values:

Application Error
Service Control Manager
.NET Runtime

I don't understand why the value is not always TOS Also, is it possible to force it to use TOS every time?

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