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 > > # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: > http://www.farmfak.uu.se/organisk/ > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >> > 5 signals >> GSM > # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46 > (0)701-718023 > # BMC, Box 574, Uppsala University Fax: +46 (0)18-4714474 > # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b > # > # Public PGP key available on request. > # > # () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > # /\ > > > > ********************************************************** > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm