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| Description: | This Multi-Processing Module is optimized for Windows NT. | 
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| Status: | MPM | 
| Module Identifier: | mpm_winnt_module | 
| Source File: | mpm_winnt.c | 
This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) is the default for the Windows NT operating systems. It uses a single control process which launches a single child process which in turn creates threads to handle requests
 CoreDumpDirectory
 CoreDumpDirectory Listen
 Listen ListenBacklog
 ListenBacklog MaxMemFree
 MaxMemFree MaxRequestsPerChild
 MaxRequestsPerChild PidFile
 PidFile ReceiveBufferSize
 ReceiveBufferSize ScoreBoardFile
 ScoreBoardFile SendBufferSize
 SendBufferSize ThreadLimit
 ThreadLimit ThreadsPerChild
 ThreadsPerChild ThreadStackSize
 ThreadStackSize Win32DisableAcceptEx
 Win32DisableAcceptEx| Description: | Use accept() rather than AcceptEx() to accept network connections | 
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| Syntax: | Win32DisableAcceptEx | 
| Default: | AcceptEx() is enabled by default. Use this directive to disable use of
    AcceptEx() | 
| Context: | server config | 
| Status: | MPM | 
| Module: | mpm_winnt | 
| Compatibility: | Available in Version 2.0.49 and later | 
AcceptEx() is a Microsoft WinSock v2 API that provides
    some performance improvements over the use of the BSD style
    accept() API in certain circumstances. Some popular Windows
    products, typically virus scanning or virtual private network
    packages, have bugs that interfere with the proper operation of
    AcceptEx(). If you encounter an error condition like:
        [error] (730038)An operation was attempted on something that is
        not a socket.: winnt_accept: AcceptEx failed. Attempting to recover.
    
you should use this directive to disable the use of
    AcceptEx().