An error condition may have resulted from a problem with the registry key

Microsoft.MSDTC.6.3.MicrosoftDistributedTransactionCoordinatorServiceStartup.Application.ChecktheXAproviderregistrykey (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service Startup

The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service (MSDTC) coordinates transactions, regardless of failures that may occur during the process, so that the work is committed as a single transaction even if the work spans multiple resource managers on multiple computers.

MSDTC is a Windows service. By default, the service is configured as a manual service rather than as an automatic service. However, most applications demand-start the service as needed. If necessary, the administrator can start the service with the Services administrative tool.

Causes

XA provider registry key is not set properly.

Resolutions

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).

Administrators

To check that the registry key is appropriate for your XA provider:

Caution:

regedit
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.
To change the registry key, in the details window, right-click the provider information that you want to change, and then click Modify.
Make the required changes to the entry in Value data, and then click OK.

To restart MSDTC:

Click Start, and then click Command Prompt.
net start msdtc

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.MSDTC.6.3.Servers

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service Startup Alert (Check the XA provider registry key)

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

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