Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Windows 7 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.

Consequences of Stopping:

If this service is stopped, these transactions will fail. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
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: