Determining if the TightVNC service is running on W2k and XP

[Peter Walter]

All,

I would like to integrate TightVNC into a Windows application I am 
writing for W2k and XP, for remote support purposes. I plan to invoke 
the TightVNC server programatically from my Windows application via the 
shell. In some cases, however, TightVNC may already be running as a 
service, or my invocation of the program may fail. On Windows, how can I 
detect if the TightVnc server is running? Is there an API for changing 
any server parameters while the server is running?

Thanks
Peter Walter