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?
Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com>
www.eagle
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
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 Ne
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said, some outdated software applications require it to work.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 wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ra
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote:
> Turn it off and then see if anyone or any application screams. It will
> drastically cut down on unnecessary chatter on the network.
Correct if "turn it off" means NetBIOS. I believe incorrect if
"turn it off" means WINS without al
Exchange 2003 and earlier versions depend on NetBIOS. WINs is recommended to
provide such. Other applications may also have similar dependencies.
- Sean
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sherry Abercrombie
> wrote:
> > Turn it off and then se
Are you sure ? We are running Exchange 2003 without WINS and no issues.
CFee
From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: WINS (- was RE: Domain controllers, what is supposed to happen.)
Exchange 2003 and
no issues.
>
>
>
> *CFee*
>
> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:44 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: WINS (- was RE: Domain controllers, what is supposed to
> happen.)
>
>
>
> Exchang
DNS can work just fine.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 2:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WINS (- was RE: Domain controllers, what is supposed to happen
+1. I've learned the hard-way, that its not worth removing in most
circumstances.
--
ME2
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
> wrote:
> > Speaking of WINS, if you don’t have any non-windows or pre-w2k clients,
> is
> >
I tried removing it on my home network about 12-18 months ago (might even be
24 months) and it was more painful than it was worth.
Nothing catastrophic, IIRC, but scripts that depend on the browse list
failed. In work environments there are still some apps that support NetBIOS
and expect to be ab
as RE: Domain controllers, what is supposed to happen.)
I tried removing it on my home network about 12-18 months ago (might even be 24
months) and it was more painful than it was worth.
Nothing catastrophic, IIRC, but scripts that depend on the browse list failed.
In work environments ther
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