Apparently, when you disable NetBIOS over TCP, file & printer sharing *should* use direct host SMB to function according to MS. However, this is not the case with my setup. Once NetBIOS/TCP is ...

I have a slew of W2k and XP Pro machines in a 2k3 domain (plus about 10 XP Home PCs not in the domain). We're having some virus issues so I was thinking about turning off NetBIOS over TCP/IP via DHCP.

A blog for IT professionals who work with Windows on large networks. In response to a question from an old friend and colleague, I started researching what might cause a NAS connection to vanish ...