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 ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

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 ...

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 ...