title: windows service vs scheduled tasks
body: <p>So this is my first stint with  programmatically creating windows service or scheduled tasks and I am confused which one to choose. I had a look at various articles like <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/10/24/428303.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/10/24/428303.aspx</a> , <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1460580/scheduled-task-or-windows-service">scheduled task or windows service</a> and some more but can' t really decide btween the two</p>
  
  <p>Here is my scenario :</p>
  
  <p>My application will pick up the code paths of a few dlls from the db , execute the DLLs using MSTest.exe and log back the results to the Db. this will probably be repeated every 2-3 hours . Now I am leaning a bit towards scheduled tasks since i won't have to worry about memory related issues but need some expert advice on this.</p>
  
  <p>P.S. : The DLLs contain test methods that make calls to web services of applications deployed on various servers</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for the help</p>