Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MDTC) coordinates transactions across different computers. It assists with working with multiple data sources. It is used with SQL Server and the Personal Web Server. Since it is set to manual, it will only run when required, so setting it to disabled will not help regain resources.


Service Description:

Coordinates transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and filesystems. If this service is stopped, these transactions will not occur.


Consequences of Stopping:

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All services listed in 'Required For' will be unable to function


Depends on:

DCOM Server Process Launcher, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Security Accounts Manager


Required for:


None


Default Settings:
Home Basic:Manual
Home Premium:Manual
Business:Manual
Ultimate:Manual
Tweaked Settings:1
Safe:Manual
Tweak:Disabled
Minimal:Disabled
1: Use at your own risk. Check descriptions of terms here

Service Information

Service Name: MSDTC
Process Name:msdtc.exe
Memory Usage(MB)2:.
CPU Usage(%)3:
Running Type:
2: denotes typical memory usage. It may not be indicative of what usage you will see, but it should give you a rough idea. Make a comment below if you see otherwise.
3: denotes typical CPU usage when process is actually active. Many processes are not actively doing anything most of the time. Check running type for more details. All machines are different, so this number may not be indicative of what you will actually see.
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