Effects of Pausing a Service

Last reviewed: May 13, 1997
Article ID: Q110061

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SUMMARY

Some services (such as NetLogon, Server, and Workstation) have the option of being paused or stopped. You may expect that no connections would be effected when you pause a service, but there may be other consequences. Details on the effects of pausing a service are not included in the System Guide.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, when you pause the Server service, the results are:

It does not affect the connections of the existing users.
It does not allow new connections to the server for users with user level privilege even if you have an established session to this server before the server was paused.
It allows new connection to users who are memebers of the DomainAdmins, Administrators, and Power Users groups.

The behavior of a service when it is paused depends on the service, but mostly revolve around granting special privileges to accounts belonging to privileged groups.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbnetwork ntdocerr ntnetserv
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 13, 1997
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