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 want to beef up security a bit. Setup: 3 Win2K SP2 PCs all connected to a Netgear 10/100 switch, connected to a DSL modem. I get 3 dynamic IPs, one for each machine. All three machines are running ...

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 ...

What is NetBIOS and how does it work? NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) is a network service that enables applications on different computers to communicate with each other across a local ...

Things don’t always go according to plan when using any networking hardware or software, and Windows Home Server (WHS) is no exception. If you run into trouble installing or using WHS or the Windows ...