Registry Parameters for WINS Servers

The Registry parameters for WINS servers are specified under the following key:..\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wins\Parameters

This lists all of the non-replication-related parameters needed to configure a WINS server. It also contains a \Datafiles subkey, which lists all the files that should be read by WINS to initialize or reinitialize its local database.

• DoStaticDataInit

  Data type = REG_DWORD Range = 0 or 1 Default = 0 (false--that is, the WINS server does not initialize its database) If this parameter is set to a non-zero value, the WINS server will initialize its database with records listed in one or more files listed under the \Datafiles subkey. The initialization is done at process invocation and whenever a change is made to one or more values of the \Parameters or \Datafiles keys (unless the change is to modify the default value of DoStaticDataInit to 0).

The following parameters in this subkey can be set using the options available in the WINS Server Configuration dialog box:

• BackupDirPath

• DoBackupOnTerm

• LogDetailedEvents

• LoggingOn

• MigrateOn

• RefreshInterval

• RplOnlyWCnfPnrs

• TombstoneInterval (extinction interval)

• TombstoneTimeout (extinction timeout)

• VerifyInterval

Also, the \Wins\Parameters\Datafiles key lists one or more files that the WINS server should read to initialize or reinitialize its local database with static records. If the full path of the file is not listed, the directory of execution for the WINS server is assumed to contain the data file. The parameters can have any names (for example, DF1 or DF2). Their data types must be REG_EXPAND_SZ or REG_SZ.