JSI Tip 7518. What services are turned off by default in Windows Server 2003, and how does this compare with Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional?

Jerold Schulman

December 4, 2003

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   Service

   Display Name

   Win 2000

   Win XP

   Win 2003

   Alerter

   Alerter

   Automatic

   Manual

   Disabled

   ClipSrv

   ClipBook

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   TrkSrv

   Distributed Link Tracking Server

   Manual

   NA

   Disabled

   ImapiService

   IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   SharedAccess

   Internet Connection Firewall and Sharing

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   Messenger

   Messenger

   Automatic

   Automatic

   Disabled

   Mnmsrvc

   NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   NetDDEdsdm

   Network DDE DSDM

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   NetDDE

   Network DDE

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   RemoteRegistry

   Remote Registry

   Automatic

   Automatic

   Disabled

   TlntSvr

   Telnet

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   Tssdis

   Terminal Services Session Directory

   Manual

   NA

   Disabled

   Themes

   Themes

   NA

   Automatic

   Disabled

   WebClient

   Web Client

   NA

   Automatic

   Disabled

   AudioSrv

   Windows Audio

   NA

   Automatic

   Disabled

   Stisvc

   Windows Image Acquisition

   Manual

   Manual

   Disabled

   IISAdmin

   IIS Admin

   Automatic

   Not Installed

   Not Installed

   SMTPSVC

   Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

   Automatic

   NA

   Not Installed

   W3SVC

   World Wide Web Publishing

   Automatic

   Not Installed

   Not Installed



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