Method to determine account identity of ‘SharePoint 2010 Timer’ (SPTimerV4) Windows Service

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private static string GetSPTimerJobAccountName()
{
   string retval = null;
   ServiceController[] controllers = ServiceController.GetServices();
   var cont = controllers.Where(c => c.ServiceName == "SPTimerV4");
   ServiceController svc = cont.FirstOrDefault();
   if (svc != null)
   {
       System.Management.SelectQuery query = new System.Management.SelectQuery(string.Format("select name, startname from Win32_Service where name = '{0}'", svc.ServiceName));
       using (System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher(query))
       {
           foreach (System.Management.ManagementObject service in searcher.Get())
           {
               retval = service["startname"] as string;
           }
       }
   }

   return retval;
}