service-name\Linkage
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\service-name
Description
The Linkage subkey stores configuration data for binding network components. The bindings associate network services with protocols and with devices that support them.
The Linkage subkey appears in the Services subkeys for network services and protocols.
Hardware devices, such as network adapters, and network services, such as File and Print Services for Microsoft, also have Linkage subkeys. These Linkage subkeys store data about bindings from the perspective of the device. They associate devices and services with the transport protocols they use. In Windows Server 2003, the Linkage Subkey are stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{Class-GUID}, in the numeric subkey representing the particular device.
Windows Server 2003 creates the bindings from data stored in the Linkage subkeys in both locations.
A binding consists of three entries, Bind, Export, and Route Entry. Each of these entries can include more than one component. The components are listed in the entries in a precise order, so that the first component in one entry corresponds with the first component in the other entries, and each subsequent component corresponds with subsequent components in the other entries.
Note
- Windows Server 2003 does not include NetRules subkeys. In Windows NT 4.0 and earlier, the NetRules subkeys contained entries that specified bind rules for network software components. Some bind specifications are stored in the Ndi subkeys that contain configuration data for network driver installers. However, these are primary upper bind and lower bind settings only.
Caution
- Do not change the values of these entries. Bindings are created by the system.