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Fix SMBv1 File Sharing Broken Over NetBIOS on Windows 11

Fix SMBv1 file sharing broken over NetBIOS on Windows 11 by re-enabling port 445 and switching to SMBv2 or SMBv3 for secure ...
Ars Technica

Consequences of NetBIOS over TCP/IP?

Had a weird experience with a Win7 client and 2016 DC, the client had drives mapped by FQDN and they suddenly dropped and I could not resolve the domain on the system. Flushdns and verifying the ...

Windows 10 gets its final update before support ends. What’s in it?

Support for Windows 10 is officially coming to an end next month with one final update on October 14th, 2025. Yesterday, ...
Ars Technica

Security in Win2K - use NetBIOS over TCP/IP for File Sharing?

I want to beef up security a bit.<P>Setup:<BR>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 ...