XACTSRV Service Starts Automatically

 Last reviewed: May 6, 1997
Article ID: Q93782
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1

XACTSRV, the service that supports remote net APIs from MS-DOS and OS/2 (for example, NET VIEW \\NTSERVER), is now part of the Windows NT server service. It is no longer necessary to use the NET START XACTSRV command to enable your server to be administered from downlevel clients. The XACTSRV capability is started automatically when the server is started.

You can disable this feature by running the Windows NT Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE) and changing the \Registry\MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl Set\Services\LanmanServer parameter as follows: 

   AcceptDownlevelApis = REG_DWORD 0
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.

One effect of this change is that print-queue shares are now persistent. If you set up a printer and share it with the network using Print Manager, that share is automatically re-created when you restart the system.

Additional query words: prodnt REGEDT32
Keywords : kbnetwork ntnetserv
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 6, 1997
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