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Remote Installation
Service
Name
Member Server
Default
Legacy Client
Enterprise Client
High Security Client
BINLSVC Not
installed Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
The
Remote Installation Services
(RIS) system service is a Windows deployment feature included in
members of the Windows Server family. This service is not a requirement for the baseline server
policy. Therefore, this service is configured to
Disabled
in the three environments defined in this guide.
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Service
Name
Member Server
Default
Legacy Client
Enterprise Client
High Security Client
RpcSs Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic
The
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
system service is a secure inter-process communication (IPC)
mechanism that enables data exchange and invocation of functionality residing in a different process.
Different processes can take place on the same computer, the local area network (LAN), or across the
Internet. This service should not be disabled. Disabling the
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
service will
result in the operating system not loading numerous services that are dependent on it. Therefore, this
service is configured to
Automatic
in the three environments defined in this guide.
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Service
Name
Member Server
Default
Legacy Client
Enterprise Client
High Security Client
RpcLocator Manual
(Automatic
on a domain
controller)
Disabled Disabled Disabled
The
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
system service enables RPC clients using the RpcNs* family
of APIs to locate RPC servers and manages the RPC name service database. These features are not
required in the baseline server environment. Therefore, this service is configured to
Disabled
.
However, this system service is required for domain controllers and is set to
Automatic
.
Remote Registry Service
Service Name
Member Server
Default
Legacy Client
Enterprise Client
High Security Client
RemoteRegistry Automatic
Automatic Automatic Automatic
The
Remote Registry Service
system service enables remote users to modify registry settings on the
computer-provided remote users have the required permissions. The service is primarily used by
remote administrators and performance counters. If
Remote Registry Service
is disabled, modifying the
registry will only be allowed on the local computer, and any services that explicitly depend on this
service will fail to start. Therefore, this service is configured to
Automatic
in the three environments
defined in this guide.