You can manage MTS transactions on Windows 95 or Windows NT computers using the following MTS Explorer windows:
By default, the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) is configured to start automatically when a Windows NT or Windows 95 system starts. To prevent MS DTC from automatically starting after rebooting a Windows 95 computer, use the Registry Editor to find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices registry key and then delete the registry value named MSDTC. If you want to enable automatic startup of MS DTC again, use the Registry Editor to create a registry value named MSDTC with the value msdtc-start under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices registry key .
Note To configure and run MS DTC clients on a Windows NT machine, the user must have write access to the local registry and remote read access to the server's Software\Classes key.
If you want to administer a Windows NT computer remotely from a Windows 95 computer, you must install the Remote Registry service for Windows 95. The Remote Registry service allows you to change registry entries for a remote Windows NT computer (given the appropriate permissions). To obtain the Remote Registry service, go to the \Admin\Nettols\Remotereg sub-directory on the Windows 95 CD. Review the Regserv.txt file for instructions on installing the Remote Registry service.
Since Windows 95 does not have an event log, MS DTC events are stored in a text file named msdtc.txt. The msdtc.txt file is located in the \MTSLogs sub-directory of the Windows directory, and contains information about MS DTC events.
See Also
Understanding MTS Transactions, Monitoring MTS Transactions, MTS Transaction List, Transaction Statistics, Transaction Icons, Trace Messages