diff --git a/docs/makernc.pl b/docs/makernc.pl
index 07a67db..2daaa57 100644
--- a/docs/makernc.pl
+++ b/docs/makernc.pl
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ sub conv_to_rnc {
   } elsif ($fs->{kstr} eq "Enum") {
     die unless exists $enum_values{$fs->{typehint}};
     my @vs = split /;/, $enum_values{$fs->{typehint}};
-    printf $fh "${indent}  ${sep}%s\n", (join '|', map { "\"$_\"" } @vs);
+    printf $fh "${indent}  ${sep}(%s)\n", (join '|', map { "\"$_\"" } @vs);
   } elsif ($fs->{kstr} eq "Int") {
     printf $fh "${indent}  ${sep}xsd:integer\n";
     #if (exists $range{$lctn} || exists $range{$fs->{typehint}}) {
diff --git a/docs/manual/options.md b/docs/manual/options.md
index eab7449..4cef963 100644
--- a/docs/manual/options.md
+++ b/docs/manual/options.md
@@ -903,15 +903,17 @@ The default value is: "-1".
 #### //CycloneDDS/Domain/Internal/MultipleReceiveThreads
 Attributes: [maxretries](#cycloneddsdomaininternalmultiplereceivethreadsmaxretries)
 
-Boolean
+One of: false, true, default
 
 This element controls whether all traffic is handled by a single receive
-thread or whether multiple receive threads may be used to improve
-latency. Currently multiple receive threads are only used for
-connectionless transport (e.g., UDP) and ManySocketsMode not set to
-single (the default).
+thread (false) or whether multiple receive threads may be used to improve
+latency (true). By default it is disabled on Windows because it appears
+that one cannot count on being able to send packets to oneself, which is
+necessary to stop the thread during shutdown. Currently multiple receive
+threads are only used for connectionless transport (e.g., UDP) and
+ManySocketsMode not set to single (the default).
 
-The default value is: "true".
+The default value is: "default".
 
 
 #### //CycloneDDS/Domain/Internal/MultipleReceiveThreads[@maxretries]
diff --git a/etc/cyclonedds.rnc b/etc/cyclonedds.rnc
index 19e6dcb..22f13bb 100644
--- a/etc/cyclonedds.rnc
+++ b/etc/cyclonedds.rnc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ somewhat. It also causes the set of port numbers needed by Cyclone DDS to
 become predictable, which may be useful for firewall and NAT
 configuration.</p><p>The default value is: &quot;single&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element ManySocketsMode {
-          "false"|"true"|"single"|"none"|"many"
+          ("false"|"true"|"single"|"none"|"many")
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>This element sets the level of standards conformance of this instance
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ though there is no good reason not to.</li></ul>
 <p>The default setting is "lax".</p><p>The default value is:
 &quot;lax&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element StandardsConformance {
-          "lax"|"strict"|"pedantic"
+          ("lax"|"strict"|"pedantic")
         }?
       }?
       & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
@@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ is available.</p><p>The default value is: &quot;false&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
 <p>This element allows selecting the transport to be used (udp, udp6,
 tcp, tcp6, raweth)</p><p>The default value is: &quot;default&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element Transport {
-          "default"|"udp"|"udp6"|"tcp"|"tcp6"|"raweth"
+          ("default"|"udp"|"udp6"|"tcp"|"tcp6"|"raweth")
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>Deprecated (use Transport instead)</p><p>The default value is:
 &quot;default&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element UseIPv6 {
-          "false"|"true"|"default"
+          ("false"|"true"|"default")
         }?
       }?
       & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ most efficient, and <i>full</i> is inefficient but certain to be
 compliant. See also Internal/ConservativeBuiltinReaderStartup.</p><p>The
 default value is: &quot;writers&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element BuiltinEndpointSet {
-          "full"|"writers"|"minimal"
+          ("full"|"writers"|"minimal")
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>The ControlTopic element allows configured whether Cyclone DDS
@@ -735,10 +735,13 @@ is: &quot;-1&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>This element controls whether all traffic is handled by a single
-receive thread or whether multiple receive threads may be used to improve
-latency. Currently multiple receive threads are only used for
-connectionless transport (e.g., UDP) and ManySocketsMode not set to
-single (the default).</p><p>The default value is: &quot;true&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
+receive thread (false) or whether multiple receive threads may be used to
+improve latency (true). By default it is disabled on Windows because it
+appears that one cannot count on being able to send packets to oneself,
+which is necessary to stop the thread during shutdown. Currently multiple
+receive threads are only used for connectionless transport (e.g., UDP)
+and ManySocketsMode not set to single (the default).</p><p>The default
+value is: &quot;default&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element MultipleReceiveThreads {
           [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>Receive threads dedicated to a single socket can only be triggered for
@@ -750,7 +753,7 @@ attribute before aborting.</p><p>The default value is:
           attribute maxretries {
             xsd:integer
           }?
-          & xsd:boolean
+          & ("false"|"true"|"default")
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>This setting controls the delay between receipt of a HEARTBEAT
@@ -835,7 +838,7 @@ try to merge.</li></ul>
 Internal/RetransmitMergingPeriod.</p><p>The default value is:
 &quot;never&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element RetransmitMerging {
-          "never"|"adaptive"|"always"
+          ("never"|"adaptive"|"always")
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>This setting determines the size of the time window in which a NACK of
@@ -1220,7 +1223,7 @@ using TCP.</p><p>The default value is: &quot;false&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
 General/Transport instead.</p><p>The default value is:
 &quot;default&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element Enable {
-          "false"|"true"|"default"
+          ("false"|"true"|"default")
         }?
         & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>This element enables the TCP_NODELAY socket option, preventing
@@ -1326,7 +1329,7 @@ from the underlying operating system to be able to assign some of the
 privileged scheduling classes.</p><p>The default value is:
 &quot;default&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
             element Class {
-              "realtime"|"timeshare"|"default"
+              ("realtime"|"timeshare"|"default")
             }?
             & [ a:documentation [ xml:lang="en" """
 <p>This element specifies the thread priority (decimal integer or
@@ -1467,7 +1470,7 @@ situation rather than the current situation. Currently, the most useful
 verbosity levels are <i>config</i>, <i>fine</i> and
 <i>finest</i>.</p><p>The default value is: &quot;none&quot;.</p>""" ] ]
         element Verbosity {
-          "finest"|"finer"|"fine"|"config"|"info"|"warning"|"severe"|"none"
+          ("finest"|"finer"|"fine"|"config"|"info"|"warning"|"severe"|"none")
         }?
       }?
     }?
diff --git a/etc/cyclonedds.xsd b/etc/cyclonedds.xsd
index 867f95b..894742d 100644
--- a/etc/cyclonedds.xsd
+++ b/etc/cyclonedds.xsd
@@ -1013,14 +1013,24 @@ is: &amp;quot;-1&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</xs:documentation>
     <xs:annotation>
       <xs:documentation>
 &lt;p&gt;This element controls whether all traffic is handled by a single
-receive thread or whether multiple receive threads may be used to improve
-latency. Currently multiple receive threads are only used for
-connectionless transport (e.g., UDP) and ManySocketsMode not set to
-single (the default).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The default value is: &amp;quot;true&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</xs:documentation>
+receive thread (false) or whether multiple receive threads may be used to
+improve latency (true). By default it is disabled on Windows because it
+appears that one cannot count on being able to send packets to oneself,
+which is necessary to stop the thread during shutdown. Currently multiple
+receive threads are only used for connectionless transport (e.g., UDP)
+and ManySocketsMode not set to single (the default).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The default
+value is: &amp;quot;default&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</xs:documentation>
     </xs:annotation>
     <xs:complexType>
       <xs:simpleContent>
-        <xs:extension base="xs:boolean">
+        <xs:restriction base="xs:anyType">
+          <xs:simpleType>
+            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
+              <xs:enumeration value="false"/>
+              <xs:enumeration value="true"/>
+              <xs:enumeration value="default"/>
+            </xs:restriction>
+          </xs:simpleType>
           <xs:attribute name="maxretries" type="xs:integer">
             <xs:annotation>
               <xs:documentation>
@@ -1032,7 +1042,7 @@ attribute before aborting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The default value is:
 &amp;quot;4294967295&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</xs:documentation>
             </xs:annotation>
           </xs:attribute>
-        </xs:extension>
+        </xs:restriction>
       </xs:simpleContent>
     </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_config.h b/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_config.h
index c20f2a4..7417c3b 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_config.h
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/include/dds/ddsi/q_config.h
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ struct config
   int64_t liveliness_monitoring_interval;
   int prioritize_retransmit;
   int xpack_send_async;
-  int multiple_recv_threads;
+  enum boolean_default multiple_recv_threads;
   unsigned recv_thread_stop_maxretries;
 
   unsigned primary_reorder_maxsamples;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_config.c b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_config.c
index 8818134..63e937b 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_config.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_config.c
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ DU(ipv4);
 DUPF(allow_multicast);
 DUPF(boolean);
 DU(boolean_default);
-#if 0
 PF(boolean_default);
-#endif
 DUPF(string);
 DU(tracingOutputFileName);
 DU(verbosity);
@@ -584,8 +582,8 @@ static const struct cfgelem unsupp_cfgelems[] = {
     BLURB("<p>This element controls whether the actual sending of packets occurs on the same thread that prepares them, or is done asynchronously by another thread.</p>") },
   { LEAF_W_ATTRS("RediscoveryBlacklistDuration", rediscovery_blacklist_duration_attrs), 1, "10s", ABSOFF(prune_deleted_ppant.delay), 0, uf_duration_inf, 0, pf_duration,
     BLURB("<p>This element controls for how long a remote participant that was previously deleted will remain on a blacklist to prevent rediscovery, giving the software on a node time to perform any cleanup actions it needs to do. To some extent this delay is required internally by DDSI2E, but in the default configuration with the 'enforce' attribute set to false, DDSI2E will reallow rediscovery as soon as it has cleared its internal administration. Setting it to too small a value may result in the entry being pruned from the blacklist before DDSI2E is ready, it is therefore recommended to set it to at least several seconds.</p>") },
-  { LEAF_W_ATTRS("MultipleReceiveThreads", multiple_recv_threads_attrs), 1, "true", ABSOFF(multiple_recv_threads), 0, uf_boolean, 0, pf_boolean,
-    BLURB("<p>This element controls whether all traffic is handled by a single receive thread or whether multiple receive threads may be used to improve latency. Currently multiple receive threads are only used for connectionless transport (e.g., UDP) and ManySocketsMode not set to single (the default).</p>") },
+  { LEAF_W_ATTRS("MultipleReceiveThreads", multiple_recv_threads_attrs), 1, "default", ABSOFF(multiple_recv_threads), 0, uf_boolean_default, 0, pf_boolean_default,
+    BLURB("<p>This element controls whether all traffic is handled by a single receive thread (false) or whether multiple receive threads may be used to improve latency (true). By default it is disabled on Windows because it appears that one cannot count on being able to send packets to oneself, which is necessary to stop the thread during shutdown. Currently multiple receive threads are only used for connectionless transport (e.g., UDP) and ManySocketsMode not set to single (the default).</p>") },
   { MGROUP("ControlTopic", control_topic_cfgelems, control_topic_cfgattrs), 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
     BLURB("<p>The ControlTopic element allows configured whether DDSI2E provides a special control interface via a predefined topic or not.<p>") },
   { GROUP("Test", unsupp_test_cfgelems),
@@ -1456,7 +1454,7 @@ GENERIC_ENUM_CTYPE (boolean, int)
 
 static const char *en_boolean_default_vs[] = { "default", "false", "true", NULL };
 static const enum boolean_default en_boolean_default_ms[] = { BOOLDEF_DEFAULT, BOOLDEF_FALSE, BOOLDEF_TRUE, 0 };
-GENERIC_ENUM_UF (boolean_default)
+GENERIC_ENUM (boolean_default)
 
 static const char *en_besmode_vs[] = { "full", "writers", "minimal", NULL };
 static const enum besmode en_besmode_ms[] = { BESMODE_FULL, BESMODE_WRITERS, BESMODE_MINIMAL, 0 };
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c
index 11abfa4..4d36783 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c
@@ -796,8 +796,36 @@ static void free_special_topics (struct q_globals *gv)
   ddsi_sertopic_unref (gv->rawcdr_topic);
 }
 
+static bool use_multiple_receive_threads (const struct config *cfg)
+{
+  /* Under some unknown circumstances Windows (at least Windows 10) exhibits
+     the interesting behaviour of losing its ability to let us send packets
+     to our own sockets. When that happens, dedicated receive threads can no
+     longer be stopped and Cyclone hangs in shutdown.  So until someone
+     figures out why this happens, it is probably best have a different
+     default on Windows. */
+#if _WIN32
+  const bool def = false;
+#else
+  const bool def = true;
+#endif
+  switch (cfg->multiple_recv_threads)
+  {
+    case BOOLDEF_FALSE:
+      return false;
+    case BOOLDEF_TRUE:
+      return true;
+    case BOOLDEF_DEFAULT:
+      return def;
+  }
+  assert (0);
+  return false;
+}
+
 static int setup_and_start_recv_threads (struct q_globals *gv)
 {
+  const bool multi_recv_thr = use_multiple_receive_threads (&gv->config);
+
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < MAX_RECV_THREADS; i++)
   {
     gv->recv_threads[i].ts = NULL;
@@ -812,7 +840,7 @@ static int setup_and_start_recv_threads (struct q_globals *gv)
   gv->n_recv_threads = 1;
   gv->recv_threads[0].name = "recv";
   gv->recv_threads[0].arg.mode = RTM_MANY;
-  if (gv->m_factory->m_connless && gv->config.many_sockets_mode != MSM_NO_UNICAST && gv->config.multiple_recv_threads)
+  if (gv->m_factory->m_connless && gv->config.many_sockets_mode != MSM_NO_UNICAST && multi_recv_thr)
   {
     if (ddsi_is_mcaddr (gv, &gv->loc_default_mc) && !ddsi_is_ssm_mcaddr (gv, &gv->loc_default_mc) && (gv->config.allowMulticast & AMC_ASM))
     {