6 Appendix A: Product Behavior

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The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Windows Vista operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 operating system

  • Windows 7 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Windows 8 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows 10 operating system

  • Windows Server 2016 operating system

  • Windows Server operating system

  • Windows Server 2019 operating system

  • Windows Server 2022 operating system

  • Windows 11 operating system

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 3.1.2: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system use a retry time of 100 ms and a wait time of 200 ms. Otherwise Windows uses a retry time of 410 ms and a wait time of 410 ms.

<2> Section 3.2.1: Applicable Windows releases do not have an extendable or configurable data store. The LLMNR responder will respond only to the computer's host name. Therefore, the Windows releases of this LLMNR profile cannot be configured to respond to arbitrary names.

<3> Section 3.2.2: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 use a retry time of 100 ms and a wait time of 200 ms. Otherwise, Windows uses a retry time of 410 ms and a wait time of 410 ms.

<4> Section 3.2.3: Windows does not listen to LLMNR queries on any TCP port, including 5355.