+1. I've learned the hard-way, that its not worth removing in most
circumstances.
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On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
> <jra...@eaglemds.com> 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/> ~
>
>
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