NetBIOS alone should not give you many headaches. Unfortunately, when NetBIOS problems occur they can be difficult to detect. Understanding how NetBIOS works is the key.

Domain Name System (DNS), the preferred naming service in Windows 2000, has several advantages over the legacy Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS). But what happens if you already have a Unix ...

Windows uses LMHOSTS file for NetBIOS names resolution. We explain what a LMHOSTS file in and if you should disable LMHOSTS lookup in Windows 11/10.

That’s surprising because WINS is the name service for NetBIOS networks, and NetBIOS saw only limited implementation in Windows 2000 as it was quickly supplanted by the TCP/IP protocol and the DNS.

WINS is a Microsoft technology that matches IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to a computer’s NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) name, in much the same way as DNS (domain name system ...

To disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in Windows 11, we can use the Control Panel. You need to open the Control Panel, go to Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center, click on your network ...