Windows Server 2003 default shutdown services

When you run unnecessary services, there is at least a small risk. Therefore, these services are turned off in Windows Server 2003 before they are required to be provided. The following table shows the services that are turned off by default in Windows Server 2003, as compared to Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional installations.

Service	Display Name	Win 2000	Win XP	Win 2003
Siren (Alerter)	Alarm	Automatic	Manual	Disable
Clipsrv	ClipBook	Manual	Manual	Disable
Trksrv	Distributed Link Tracking Server	Manual	NA	Disable
ImapiService IMAPI cd-burning COM	Manual Manual disabling of services	Manual	Manual	Disable
SharedAccess Internet	Connecting firewalls and sharing	Manual	Manual	Disable
Messenger (Messenger)	Messenger	Automatic	Automatic	Disable
MNMSRVC NetMeeting	Remote Desktop Sharing	Manual	Manual	Disable
Netddedsdm	Network DDE DSDM	Manual	Manual	Disable
NetDDE	Network DDE	Manual	Manual	Disable
RemoteRegistry	Remote Registry	Automatic	Automatic	Disable
Tlntsvr	Telnet	Manual	Manual	Disable
Tssdis	Terminal Services Session Directory	Manual	NA	Disable
Theme (Themes)	Theme	NA	Automatic	Disable
WebClient Web	Client	NA	Automatic	Disable
Audiosrv Windows	Audio	NA	Automatic	Disable
Stisvc Windows	Image Acquisition	Manual	Manual	Disable
IISAdmin	IIS Admin	Automatic	Not installed	Not installed
SMTPSVC	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol	Automatic	NA	Not installed
W3svc	World Wide Web Publishing	Automatic	Not installed	Not installed

The following table shows the services that are no longer using the Local System account in Windows Server 2003:

Service	Logon identity
Alarm	Local Service
Application-tier Gateway Services	Local Service
Remote Registry	Local Service
Smart card	Local Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper	Local Service
Telnet	Local Service
Ups	Local Service
WebClient	Local Service
Windows Image Capture (WIA)	Local Service
DHCP clients	Network Services
Distributed Transaction Coordinator	Network Services
DNS Client	Network Services
License record	Network Services
Performance Logs and Alerts	Network Services
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator	Network Services

In Windows 2000, the Local System account is the only logon identity account that is used by all services. The local service account and the Network Service logon identity System account are new in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.