Turn it off and then see if anyone or any application screams. It will drastically cut down on unnecessary chatter on the network. But like Ben said, some outdated software applications require it to work.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Speaking of WINS, if you don’t have any non-windows or pre-w2k clients, > is > > there ANY good reason to keep WINS running on your network? If so, why? > > If you're using NetBIOS at all, I strongly recommend WINS. > > Getting rid of NetBIOS sometimes proves problematic. Aside from > vestigial dependencies in some software, it's also what drives the > browse list ("Network Neighborhood" or whatever it's called this > year). > > But yah, if you can shut off NetBIOS, that's a beautiful thing, and > then you don't need WINS. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
