Configure RPC listener settings

Policy ID
ConfigureRpcListenerPolicy
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Printers

Description


This policy setting controls which protocols incoming RPC connections to the print spooler are allowed to use.

By default, RPC over TCP is enabled and Negotiate is used for the authentication protocol.

Protocols to allow for incoming RPC connections:
-- "RPC over named pipes": Incoming RPC connections are only allowed over named pipes
-- "RPC over TCP": Incoming RPC connections are only allowed over TCP (the default option)
-- "RPC over named pipes and TCP": Incoming RPC connections will be allowed over TCP and named pipes

Authentication protocol to use for incoming RPC connections:
-- "Negotiate": Use the Negotiate authentication protocol (the default option)
-- "Kerberos": Use the Kerberos authentication protocol

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the above defaults will be used.

Options

  • Configure protocol options for incoming RPC connections.
  • Protocols to allow for incoming RPC connections:
    • RPC over named pipes
    • RPC over TCP
    • RPC over named pipes and TCP
  • Authentication protocol to use for incoming RPC connections:
    • Negotiate
    • Kerberos

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • RpcProtocolsREG_DWORD
  • ForceKerberosForRpcREG_DWORD

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