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The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MDTC) has been around for quite a while. It helps applications communicate with multiple data sources as part of one transaction, acting like a traffic cop to help each request get to the proper source. Two examples of applications that use MDTC are Microsoft’s Personal Web Server, and Microsoft SQL Server. Odds are you don’t need this one, but because it is set to manual by default, you probably won’t see any benefit by disabling it.
Display Name:
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Service Name:
MSDTC
Process Name:
msdtc.exe
Description:
Coordinates transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems. If this service is stopped, these transactions will not occur. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Path to Executable:
%windir%\system32\msdtc.exe
Default Startup:
- Home Basic: Manual
- Home Premium: Manual
- Business: Manual
- Enterprise: Manual
- Ultimate: Manual
Log On As:
Network Service
Desktop Interaction:
No
Depends On:
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- DCOM Server Process Launcher
- Security Accounts Manager
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- DCOM Server Process Launcher
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Required For:
None
Memory:
N/A
CPU:
N/A
Do you know something about this service that I don't? Please leave a comment below so I, and everyone else reading this, can benefit from your knowledge!
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Comments
G. Bjay
Feb 13, 2009 at 11:46 am
Is there an important interoperability by allowing MDTC an exception advanced rule in Vista under general use of the PC as a home user?
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