From: "Geo." 

"Gregg N"  wrote in message
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> This article makes it sound like netbios over tcp is only required for pre-
> Windows 2000 support:

Yeah it is, if the machines are W2K and XP you can disable netbios completely.

As for the difference, I believe it's protocol only, it's sort of like
using IPX or TCP, it's a layer that can be changed but the functionality
for filesharing and such is unaffected. I think the big difference is to
use SMB, all browsing functionality depends on DNS where with netbios it
was broadcast dependent.

But take all this with a grain of salt, this is not an area I have much
experience with.

Geo.

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