ServiceController permissions in Windows 7

Question

I have an application which consists of a service and an executable. Essentially it's a forms application that is responsible for starting and stopping a service under specific circumstances.

On Windows XP the application manages this fine using the following code:

ServiceController controller = new ServiceController();
controller.MachineName = ".";
controller.ServiceName = "XXXXXXXXXX";
controller.Stop();
controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10));
controller.Start();

But on Windows 7, even though I've started the application as an administrator, I get the following exception:

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot open XXXXXXXXXXXXX service on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GetServiceHandle(Int32 desiredAccess)
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start()

Is there anything I can do programmatically to resolve this?