Article ID: 102968
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
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SUMMARY
SYSTEM COMPONENTS WITH NO ADDITIONAL ENTRIES
The following system components do not write entries in the Registry, besides the basic information shown in CurrentControlSet\Services:
Abiosdsk NetDDE Beep Null ClipSrv Printing (all keys) Cpqarray Schedule service Dellarry SCSI class drivers Delldsa Simbad Diskperf Videoprt File system drivers Windbg Floppy driver MUP utility
HOW WINDOWS NT MAPS LAN MANAGER PARAMETERS
This section lists LAN Manager network service parameters and their Windows NT equivalents. LAN Manager parameters that relate to MS- DOS are not listed. Also, because Windows NT dynamically allocates memory for network operations, many LAN Manager parameters are no longer relevant.
LAN Manager vs. Windows NT Settings for Services
In LAN Manager, service parameter settings are found in the file LANMAN.INI. In Windows NT, these settings are stored in the Registry.
In Windows NT, these entries are in the Registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Service name\Parameters.
Alerter Service
Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet\Services LANMAN.INI [alerter] \LanmanServer\Parameters sizalertbuf
Messenger Service
Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet\Services LANMAN.INI [messenger] \LanmanServer\Parameters logfile Messages are not stored sizmessbuf Set by operating system
Netlogon Service
Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet\Services LANMAN.INI [Netlogon] \Netlogon\Parameters pulse PulseInterval randomize Randomize scripts Use Server Manager or Services in Control Panel update Update
Remote Access Service
Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet\Services LANMAN.INI [RemoteAccess] \RemoteAccess\Parameters audit EnableAudit authenticateretries AuthenticateRetries authenticatetime AuthenticateTime Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet LANMAN.INI [RemoteAccess] \Services\RemoteAccess \Parameters\NetbiosGateway\Parameters autodisconnect Autodisconnect enablebroadcast EnableBroadcast maxdynmem MaxDynMem maxnames MaxNames maxsessions MaxSessions multicastforwardrate MulticastForwardrate numworkbufs - raslannets - remotelisten RemoteListen sizworkbufs SizWorkbufs
Replicator Service
Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet LANMAN.INI [Replicator] \Services\Replicator\Parameters exportpath Use Server Manager to set export path exportlist Use Server Manager to enter To List names guardtime Guardtime importpath Use Server Manager to set import path importlist Use Server Manager to enter To List names interval Interval logon - password - pulse Pulse random Random replicate User Server Manager to set in Windows NT
Server Service
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI [server] CurrentControlSet\Services \LanmanServer\Parameters accessalert - alertnames Use Server Manager to list users to receive alert messages (also corresponds to Alertnames parameter in Alerter section of the registry) alertsched Alertsched auditing Use User Manager for Domains to set audit policy autodisconnect Disc autopath - autoprofile - diskalert DiskspaceThreshold erroralert ErrorThreshold guestacct Use User Manager to enable guest account logonalert - maxauditlog Set using Event Viewer (also corresponds to MaxSize entry in Eventlog section of registry) maxchdevjob - maxnetbios - maxsessopens SessOpens maxsessreqs MaxMpxCt netioalert NetworkErrorThreshold noauditing Set using User Manager numadmin - numfiletasks - security No share security sizreqbuf SizReqBuf srvanndelta AnnDelta srvannounce Announce srvcomment Comment srvhidden Hidden userpath - Server heuristics Values in in LAN Manager CurrentControlSet\Services \LanmanServer\Parameters 5 EnableFCOpens 6 ThreadPriority 10 ScavTimeout 11 EnableSoftCompat 15 OplockBreakWait Autotuned server Values in parameters CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters maxshares - maxusers - numbigbuf - numreqbuf -
SNMP Service
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI [snmp] CurrentControlSet\Services \Snmp\Parameters authtrap Authtrap communitynames Communitynames hostmasks No hostmasks trapdestinations Trapdestinations trapcommunity Trapcommunity version -
UPS Service
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[ups] CurrentControlSet\Services\UPS (servers only) batterytime BatteryLife cmdfile Command File messdelay FirstMessageDelay messtime MessageInterval recharge RechargeRate signals Options
Workstation Service
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[workstation] CurrentControlSet\Services \LanmanWorkstation\Parameters charcount MaxCollectionCount chartime CollectionTime charwait CharWait computername, Must be set through Network domain, othdomains option in Control Panel keepconn KeepConn keepsearch This is hard coded to 5 minutes in Windows NT maxcmds Windows NT does not limit number of commands except as specified by the server maxerrorlog Error logs sizes set in Event Viewer maxthreads MaxCmds maxwrkcache Set by Windows NT cache manager numalerts Not applicable in Windows NT numbcharbuf Windows NT allocates buffers as needed. numdgrambuf MailslotBuffers numservices No limit to number of services in Windows NT. numworkbuf No limit to number of work buffers in Windows NT sesstimeout SessTimeout sizcharbuf SizCharBuf sizerror Self-configuring in Windows NT sizworkbuf No limit to the size of workstation buffers in Windows NT except as specified by server. wrkservices Use Services option in Control Panel to set for Windows NT LAN Manager Workstation Values in CurrentControlSet\Services heuristics \LanmanWorkstation\Parameters 0 UseOpportunisticLocking 5 UseLockReadUnlock 11 UseRawRead and UseRawWrite 19 Use512ByteMaxTransfer
NetBEUI Protocol
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[netbeui] CurrentControlSet\Services\nbf\Parameters msdlcretries LLCRetries ncbs - netbiosretries GeneralRetries AddNameQueryRetries NameQueryRetries netbiostimeout GeneralTimeout AddNameQueryTimeout NameQueryTimeout t1 DefaultT1Timeout t2 DefaultT2Timeout ti DefaultTiTimeout
TCP/IP
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[tcpip] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter_name#\Parameters\Tcpip ipaddress0 IpAddress0 subnetmask0 Subnetmask0 Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[tcpip] CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters defaultgateway0 DefaultGateway
LAN Manager vs. Windows NT Settings for Adapter Cards
In LAN Manager, these entries are found in the [adaptercard] section of the PROTOCOL.INI file. In Windows NT, these entries are in the registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\adapter name#\Parameters. However, you can change most of settings for network adapter cards by using the Network option in Control Panel.
3Com Etherlink II
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername Drivername interrupt IRQ ioaddress IoBaseAddress maxtransmits - netaddress NetworkAddress transceiver Transceiver xmitbufs -
3Com EtherLink 16
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername DriverName iobase IoBaseAddress netaddress NetworkAddress
Compaq 32-Bit DualSpeed Token Ring
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername Drivername earlyrelease Earlyrelease maxframesize MaxFramesize maxreceives - maxrequests MaxInternalReqs maxtransmits - netaddress NetworkAddress product_id ProductId
DEC DEPCA
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername DriverName maxmulticast MaxMulticstList maxtransmits -
IBM Token-Ring Adapters
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername DriverName earlyrelease Earlyrelease maxtransmits - netaddress NetworkAddress primary or alternate IObaseAddress product_id - ram (Adapter and - Adapter II only) recvbufs - recvbufsize - xmitbufs - xmitbufsize -
Intel EtherExpress 16
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername Drivername ioaddress IobaseAddress
Novell NE2000
Parameters in Values in LANMAN.INI[adapterCard] CurrentControlSet\Services \adapter name#\Parameters drivername Drivername interrupt IRQ iobase IoBaseAddress
REFERENCES
"The Windows NT Resource Kit for Operating System Version 3.1".
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