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While NetBIOS was useful in it's time, that time is slowly drawing to a close. If you are using DNS for name resolution on your network (you no longer need WINS), and you have no applications which are dependent on it, you can disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, and relieve some overhead from your network.

Right-click My network Places, and choose Properties. Right-click the Network connection to disable NetBIOS on (for instance, Local Area Connection), and choose Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under Components, then click the Properties button. Click the Advanced tab, and when the Advanced settings window appears, click the WINS tab. Select "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" then click OK, OK, OK