Event ID - 4196

Event Id4196
SourceMicrosoft-Windows-MSDTC
DescriptionCould not start the MS DTC XA Transaction Manager. MS DTC is being started but the XA Transaction Manager feature will be disabled.%0
Event Information According to Microsoft :

Cause :

This event is logged when could not start the MS DTC XA Transaction Manager.

Resolution :

Check the XA provider registry key

An error condition may have resulted from a problem with the registry key for an X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing Standard (XA) provider. Check that the registry key is appropriate for your XA provider, and then restart the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service (MSDTC).

To perform these procedures, you must have membership in Administrators , or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

To check that the registry key is appropriate for your XA provider:
  1. Click Star , click Run , and then type regedit . If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue .
  2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , expand Software , expand Microsoft , expand MSDTC , and then click XADLL . Check that the registry key is appropriate for your XA provider.
  3. To change the registry key, in the details window, right-click the provider information that you want to change, and then click Modify .
  4. Make the required changes to the entry in Value data , and then click OK .
To restart MSDTC:
  1. Click Start , and then click Command Prompt .
  2. At the command prompt, type net start msdtc , and then press ENTER.
Verify :

To perform this procedure, you must have membership in Administrators , or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

To verify that the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service (MSDTC) is running:
  1. Click Start , and then click Command Prompt .
  2. At the command prompt, type sc query msdtc , and then press ENTER.
  3. The system responds with information about the service. Confirm that these two items appear: SERVICE_NAME: msdtc and STATE : 4 RUNNING .
Reference LinksEvent ID 4196 from Source Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC

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