JSI Tip 7519. What Windows Server 2003 services no longer use the Local System account?

Jerold Schulman

December 4, 2003

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Service

Log On As

   Alerter

   Local Service

   Application Layer Gateway Service

   Local Service

   Remote Registry

   Local Service

   Smart Card

   Local Service

   TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

   Local Service

   Telnet

   Local Service

   Uninterruptible Power Supply

   Local Service

   WebClient

   Local Service

   Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)

   Local Service

   DHCP Client

   Network Service

   Distributed Transaction Coordinator

   Network Service

   DNS Client

   Network Service

   License Logging

   Network Service

   Performance Logs and Alerts

   Network Service

   Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator

   Network Service

NOTE: In Windows 2000, the Local System account was the only default Log On As account used for services.

NOTE: The Local Service and the Network Service accounts were introduced in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.



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