You mentioned SBS...are you using Exchange? Supporting multiple subnets? Using older versions of Outlook?
If so, there's still a dependency on WINS... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837391 - Sean On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Jonathan Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I don't believe we're in the same boat. We were a NetWare shop until > June of '07. The previous admin new NetWare, but not much else. I can't > see that any of our applications have a need for WINS. This particular > application I was having a problem with needs to resolve to an IP address by > name, which DNS is more than capable of handling. :-) > I've seen reports here and there about VPN issues when a WINS server isn't > present, I'll have to test that scenario with our VPN, but I don't > anticipate that being a problem. > > -Jonathan > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Ralph Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Even though we are all Win 2003 and XP at my place, we have a couple of >> older applications that use and require WINS, so we are stuck with it for >> the time being. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:33 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: DNS problem >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> * >> >> Confidentiality Notice: >> >> ****************** >> >> This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential >> information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is >> addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by >> anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are >> not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete >> and destroy all copies of the original message. >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
