Re: What Software Requires Remote Access Connection Manager

"W" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Whenever I log into the console of a Windows 2003 server domain
> controller, I see a service start message in the System eventviewer log
> that indicates the "Remote Access Connection Manager" is being started in
> the service context of my login userid. What is the reason for that?
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> "W" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:OqWdnWSKToqKMUnWnZ2dnUVZ_t-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If you do NOT use remote connections or VPNs, what software requires the
>> "Remote Access Connection Manager" to be running?
>>
>> I get the feeling that Microsoft has put services that have nothing to do
>> with remote connections into that software, which is why it seems to
>> always need to be running.
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That does not surprise me. The same sort of thing happens with the remote
registry service.

It is not really a bad idea. Why have two services, one for local and one
for remote, when the one service can handle both?