Comments on: Disable NetBIOS in W2K/XP/2003 http://www.petri.co.il/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm IT Knowledge base Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:30:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DC Demotion and problems have begun http://www.petri.co.il/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm#comment-1068 DC Demotion and problems have begun Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:18:12 +0000 http://www.petri.co.il/disable_native_zip_support_in_windows_xp#comment-1068 [...] What I dont understand is just by removing AD of this 2003 server the other servers should have continued the role, unless I am missing something and there is some hidden configuration on this legacy 2003 server which I am not aware of. If you didn't transfer any roles either through the GUI or command prompt before demoting the domain controller you should of received lots of prompts warning you this will essentially kill the domain completely. I'm guessing you must have otherwise the domain wouldn't work at all. What's even more confusing is the SID configuration would of changed when you demoted, then re-prompted the 2003 domain controller, so I haven't a clue why this has cleared up the problems you were experiencing before. You shouldn't need NETBIOS for 2008 Server and XP. Since Windows 2000 DNS has been the default and only Windows 98 for example would require NETBIOS to talk to the domain. Here's a useful guide how to enable/disable NETBIOS. [...] [...] What I dont understand is just by removing AD of this 2003 server the other servers should have continued the role, unless I am missing something and there is some hidden configuration on this legacy 2003 server which I am not aware of. If you didn't transfer any roles either through the GUI or command prompt before demoting the domain controller you should of received lots of prompts warning you this will essentially kill the domain completely. I'm guessing you must have otherwise the domain wouldn't work at all. What's even more confusing is the SID configuration would of changed when you demoted, then re-prompted the 2003 domain controller, so I haven't a clue why this has cleared up the problems you were experiencing before. You shouldn't need NETBIOS for 2008 Server and XP. Since Windows 2000 DNS has been the default and only Windows 98 for example would require NETBIOS to talk to the domain. Here's a useful guide how to enable/disable NETBIOS. [...]

]]> By: Disabling Port 445 Causes DOS on Network Shares « Abner Udali’s Weblog http://www.petri.co.il/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm#comment-349 Disabling Port 445 Causes DOS on Network Shares « Abner Udali’s Weblog Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:18:04 +0000 http://www.petri.co.il/disable_native_zip_support_in_windows_xp#comment-349 [...] For more issues on this please read the Disable NetBIOS in W2K/XP/2003 page. [...] [...] For more issues on this please read the Disable NetBIOS in W2K/XP/2003 page. [...]

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