Gł - Windows > XP + Networking: Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP

There are people who want to do this. I am, honestly, not sure why. It doesn't seem to break anything (I've tested it) that seems to matter on low-scale networks here in a home but, well, I'm pretty sure that you'd not want to do this in an enterprise setting and that any security risks that might be "fixed" by disabling this would be more easily repaired by, oh, installing and configuring a firewall.

Anyhow, if you MUST believe the hysteria:

Click the Start button
Click Run...
Type Control and click OK
Click on Classic View if you're not already able to see the Network Connections applet
Open the Network Connections applet
Find your Local Area Net Connection and right click on it
Select properties
On the General tab click on the Advanced button
Click on the WINS tab
Click Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP
Click Okay until all the new windows are closed
Reboot

When stuff breaks please feel free to join us in the G³ Forum for assistance in getting your network running properly again with all the peripherals you've added.

OS: XP > Networking
Date: 5/9/06