Re: Disabled NetBIOS, Now Clients Can't Browse

From: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] (jchornbe_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:40:37 -0600

With Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 you don't need NetBIOS
over TCP/IP to connect to shared resources. This is called Direct Hosting.
In fact, browsing and connecting have absolutely nothing to do with each
other. Whether you can browse the network or not doesn't make any
difference in whether you can map drives or connect via UNC paths. 

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"greenbay" <greenbay@telia.com> wrote in message
news:e2em605uf20uj0ja5dasuttus6dnai2a32@4ax.com...
> I jump in..
>
> I tried to disable netbios over tcp/ip, and I still could connect(eg
> map) to two servers, but not our fileserver. Should i be possible to
> map a resource on the network if I disable Netbios?
>  //Mike
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:22:37 GMT, lbrash@@online.microsoft.com (Shane
> Brasher) wrote:
>
> >Active directory
> >browsing is much different than browsing via "my network places". Active
> >directory browsing is more along the lines of a search, browsing by "my
>

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