Although the Windows Server service is self-tuning, it can also be configured manually through Control Panel Service. Normally, the server configuration parameters are auto-configured (calculated and set) each time you boot Windows. However, if you run NET CONFIG SERVER in conjunction with the /AUTODISCONNECT, /SERVCOMMENT OR /HIDDEN switches the current values for the automatically tuned parameters are displayed and written to the registry. Once these parameters are written to the registry, you can't tune the Server service using Control Panel Networks.
If you add or remove system memory, or change the server size setting minimize/balance/maximize), Windows doesn't automatically tune the Server service for your new configuration. For example, if you run NET CONFIG SRV /SRVCOMMENT, and then add more memory to the computer, Windows doesn't increase the calculated value of autotuned entries.
The Server service supports information levels that let you set each parameter individually. For example, the command NET CONFIG SRV /HIDDEN uses information level 1016 to set just the hidden parameter. However, NET.EXE queries and sets information levels 102 (hidden, comment, users, and disc parameters) and 502. As a result, all parameters in the information level get permanently set in the Registry. SRVMGR.EXE and the Control Panel Server query and set only level 102 (not level 502) when you change the server comment.
Administrators wishing to hide Windows computers from the browse list or change the autodisconnect value should make those specific changes using REGEDT32.EXE instead of the command-line equivalents discussed above. The server comment can be edited using the description field of the Control Panel Server applet or Server Manager.
We generally talk about what's not in Server Core - now we're going to try a different approach and tell you what's included and whether something is installed by default. The following roles, role services, and features are in the Server Core installation option of Windows Server. Use this information to help figure out if the Server Core option works for your environment. Because this is a large list, consider searching for the specific role or feature you're interested in - if that search doesn't return what you're looking for, it's not included in Server Core.
MS06-040 includes the following information:
The Server service provides RPC support, file print support and named pipe sharing over the network. The Server service allows the sharing of your local resources (such as disks and printers) so that other users on the network can access them. It also allows named pipe communication between applications running on other computers and your computer, which is used for RPC.
Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (MS RPC) and Server Message Block (SMB)
RPC provides a mechanism that allows a program to execute a procedure on a remote system in a way that is transparent to the calling program. MS RPC is the Microsoft implementation of RPC. Windows services that use MS RPC may use SMB named pipes as the transport service for MS RPC calls.
The Problem
A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the Microsoft Server service. If a remote attacker sends a specially crafted packet to a vulnerable Windows system, that attacker may be able to trigger the buffer overflow.
Note that we have received reports that this vulnerability is actively being exploited.
More information, including a list of affected versions of Windows, is available in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040. We have confirmed that this vulnerability affects Windows NT4. However, according to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040:
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Service Pack 6a, Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 have reached the end of their support life cycles. It should be a priority for customers who have these operating system versions to migrate to supported versions to prevent potential exposure to vulnerabilities. For more information about the Windows Product Lifecycle, visit the following Microsoft Support Lifecycle Web site. For more information about the extended security update support period for these operating system versions, visit the Microsoft Product Support Services Web site.
Windows NT4 users should observe the workarounds below as well as the recommendations in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide.
Block or Restrict Access
Block access to SMB services (139/tcp, 445/tcp) from untrusted networks such as the Internet.
Restrict anonymous access
Restrict anonymous SMB access. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 246261 for information about configuring anonymous access in Windows 2000. Note this will not prevent authenticated users from exploiting this vulnerability, and may have adverse affects in mixed-mode domains. Anonymous SMB access to SAM accounts is restricted in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 by default.
Other workarounds are available in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040.
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available. This service pack is an update to Windows 7 and to Windows Server 2008 R2 that addresses customer and partner feedback.
SP1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 is a recommended collection of updates and improvements to Windows that are combined into a single installable update.
Windows 7 SP1 can help make your computer safer and more reliable. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 provides a comprehensive set of innovations for enterprise-class virtualization. This includes new virtualization capabilities with Dynamic Memory and Microsoft RemoteFX.
Consumer end-users can find general information about Windows 7 SP1 at the following Microsoft website:
This is a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system remotely. On Microsoft Windows 2000-based, Windows XP-based, and Windows Server 2003-based systems, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability over RPC without authentication and could run arbitrary code. If an exploit attempt fails, this could also lead to a crash in Svchost.exe. If the crash in Svchost.exe occurs, the Server service will be affected. The Server service provides file, print, and named pipe sharing over the network.
The vulnerability is caused by the Server service, which does not correctly handle specially crafted RPC requests.
When running the "Backup Exec Environment Check 2.0" from the install media, one of the results include a section called Windows Server Service Check - FAILED. "The Windows Server service was not started. Sart this service before continuing with the installation of Backup Exec."
As far as I know, if you install the latest operating systems from Microsoft on defaults then it is possible that the server would not be setup as a File Server and some Operating System Services that Backup Exec requires may therefore not be enabled.
Heya folks, Ned here again. Today I clear up an old idiosyncrasy of Windows Server: if the SMB Server service is always installed, why is there a role called "File Server" and what does enabling it do?
The SMB Server service - "Server", aka "Lanmanserver" - always exists in Windows and isn't something you install; it's just there, as soon as you install the OS. However, since Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, that service can't be contacted from remote machines by default because the built-in firewall blocks it. SMB needs, at a minimum, TCP/445 inbound and without that port opening, there is no remote file serving in SMB2+ on any supported versions of Windows. Even though the C$ and ADMIN$ built-in shares exist by default, no one can access them from a remote machine by default.
But you probably don't remember opening a firewall port on your file server, right? You created a share and it just worked. That's because as soon as you create a custom SMB share, SMB Server automatically enable the various SMB firewall rules for file servers for access, administration, applications, etc. Watch:
That works well for dedicated file servers - as soon as you add a share, everything is taken care of. But we also needed a way to just enable file server administration and grant administrators access to the built-in system shares C$ and Admin$ using SMB2+ on all Windows Servers. We didn't want them to have to create a share just to access some existing built-in shares. And we didn't want them to dig around in the firewall looking for the right rules to enable for management. So when you "install" the file server role, we just enable the basic ports needs for file server administration and accessing those built-in SMB shares; no legacy stuff or historical app compat, just the very basic. In fact, it's very possible the server is not a "file server", so much as one you just want to copy a few files to or from as an administrator.
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The issue is with the federated arcgis server, second machine. We have noticed that on panning, zooming webmaps in a desktop browser, is causing the arcgis server to slow down and eventually services don't respond. the windows service for arcgis server is terminated, while we see the arcsoc processes are still around, almost all of them,
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