Server Customizations

Server Customizations

This section contains two useful server customizations. First, it describes how to add comments to server announcements, making it easier for users to discern the purpose of each server they see in My Network Places. Second, it describes how you can optimize the Server service to favor memory usage, network throughput, or a balance of both.

Adding Comments to Server Announcements

Windows broadcasts the contents of the REG_SZvalue srvcomment in server announcements. This value is in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters. If you set this value to a description of the server, such as “Marketing file server,” users will see that description in Windows Explorer when they're browsing My Network Places.

Optimizing the Server Service

You can manually optimize the Server service, customizing it to favor memory usage, network throughput, or both. To do so, create the REG_DWORD value Size, if it doesn't already exist, in the key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver. Set this to one of the values described in the following list:

• 0x01.

  Minimize memory usage

• 0x02.

  Balance memory and network throughput

• 0x03.

  Maximize network throughput