[windows2000] Re: NT machines and WINS

  • From: Bill Beckett <Bill.Beckett@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:44:27 -0400

Read the same thing as well as Mark Minasi also saying to keep WINS around.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sorin Srbu [SMTP:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:45 AM
> To:   windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [windows2000] Re: NT machines and WINS
> 
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:47:07 -0400, Costanzo, Ray wrote:
> 
> >We have 800 machines on our network.  About 70% of them are running NT
> >4.  The rest are 2000 or XP.  We have a few 2000 AD domain.  We have a
> >server running DNS and WINS.  We plan on shutting down WINS next week.
> ><--  That.  Does that sound a bit odd to anyone when there are a few
> >hundred NT machines on the network?
> 
> Keep the wins if there are nt-boxes around. In fact, I read
> somewhere on the MS-site that it's a good idea to keep it anyway,
> even if there are 799 2k/xp-machines and 1 nt... They didn't
> explain furhter why this was so AFAIK.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> 
> BW,
> 
> Sorin
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