How To Easily Enable and Disable NetBIOS Over TCPIP On Windows 10

How To Enable and Disable NetBIOS Over TCPIP On Windows 10

Do you want to either enable or disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on your Windows computer but don’t know how to go about it? It can be quite difficult to disable and enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on Windows 10 without guidance.

In this article, I will show you how to enable and disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on your Windows 10. This will be a brief and straightforward tutorial.

Steps to Enable and Disable NetBIOS Over TCPIP

1. The first thing to do is open the START MENU.
2. Click the Search Program in the Start Menu and type in CONTROL PANEL. The first result should appear as CONTROL PANEL, so go ahead and left click on it to open.
3. Select VIEW on the right side and choose large icons if the icons appear smaller.
4. Select NETWORK and SHARING CENTER, one of the control panel settings items, and left click on it.
5. Select CHANGE ADAPTER SETTINGS on the left side of the control panel.
6. Select your local network, right-click on it, and select properties. Then click on INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 4 (TCP/IP).
7. Select PROPERTIES > ADVANCED button at the bottom right of the page. This will redirect you to another page. Go ahead and select the WINS tab. Here, select either “Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP” or “Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP”, depending on your needs.

In Conclusion: We have come to the end of this article on how to enable and disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on Windows 10. If the procedures above didn’t work, you might have missed a step. Please go back and follow the steps again.

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