Services Utility: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Service

Display Name (?): Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Short Name (?): RpcLocator
Executable (?): locator.exe
Library (?): None.
Depends On (?): Workstation
Supports (?): None.
Description (?): Manages the RPC name service database.
OS (?): NT4 Workstation, 2000 Professional, XP Home/Professional, Vista Home/Business, NT4 Server, 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server
Startup (?):
DefaultHomeWorkstationServerMinimalTweakedAutomatic
ManualDisabledManualManualDisabledDisabledDisabled

Explanation (?):

The remote procedure call (RPC) locator service is used in conjunction with the remote procedure call (RPC) service in discovering RPC named services for use in the RPCNS family of APIs. This service is not used by the operating system at all and is only required if you have a 3rd party program that requires it. Generally speaking you should have this service set to manual unless the computer is a server that requires it as it will only activate if needed.


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