NetBIOS, short for Network Basic Input/Output System, is a Windows API used when DNS is not available. It runs over TCP/IP as a fallback method and is not enabled by default. However, Microsoft ...

My network had been running just find up to this point, I could see other WinXP computers and browse their shares as well. So I went ahead and went into the computers and selected "Disable NetBIOS ...

NetBIOS alone should not give you many headaches. Unfortunately, when NetBIOS problems occur they can be difficult to detect. Understanding how NetBIOS works is the key. One of the important steps in ...

I am writing a security doc for a company that wants to run Checkpoing Firewall1/VP1 on a Windows 2000 server. They want a complete locked down box. I want to completely disable NetBios. Here is what ...

It is sometimes useful to know the network commands to analyze or configure your TCP/IP networks. Here is the list of commands that can be used in the command prompt. This command is also useful to ...