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NetBIOS on XP

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by mike_m

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Shoul NetBIOS be enabled when participating in a NT or 2K domain ? and what in a local XP P.P LAN ?
Why enabling NetBIOS on XP slows down everything (not only network) by a tremendous factor (any command is delayed about 5 or more seconds) ?
Thankyou. Mike

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by sgt_shultz

simply put, you need netBIOS enabled over tcpip to see computers in the network neighborhood. (for browsing by computer name). i only run tcpip on my networks, winnt or 2k or peer to peer. on all machines. with netBIOS enabled. are you maybe thinking of netBEUI? that's a hog that should not be installed...
i searched support.microsoft.com for 'slow network xp' and got several interesting hits. i can't tell from your post which might apply. but there are some known issues you might be able to fix by researching this there...good luck.

by mike_m

Ok for NetBEUI, I know, but trouble is that it is not the network that slows down, just everything, even local commands (which could possibly point to 127.0.0.1 somewhere ... ). I am browsing MS slow net xp. Thank you.

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