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Services Utility: TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service | Display Name (?): | TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper | | Short Name (?): | LmHosts | | Executable (?): | svchost.exe | | Library (?): | lmhsvc.dll | | Depends On (?): | NetBT, Afd | | Supports (?): | None. | | Description (?): | Enables support for NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) service and NetBIOS name resolution. | | OS (?): | NT4 Workstation, 2000 Professional, XP Home/Professional, Vista Home/Business, NT4 Server, 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server | | Startup (?): | | Default | Home | Workstation | Server | Minimal | Tweaked | Automatic | | Automatic | Manual | Automatic | Automatic | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | |
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The TCP/IP netBIOS helper service provides the NT LAN manager with the ability to resolve and connect to NetBIOS names through the universal naming convention (UNC). This means that NetBIOS over TCP/IP will not work, and as such file shares through NetBIOS names will be unavailable. However, this is a legacy service and isn't entirely needed as DNS and direct IPs can be used to connect to a shared computer. If you disable this service then you may not be able to share files or printers, and you may not be able to connect to shared files or printers. But, I doubt it would have impact on many other components of Windows. If you do not use Windows filesharing then you do not need this service. If you do not wish to use this feature then I suggest you set it to manual. |
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"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship[...] Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." - Herman Goering: Intelligence office interview at Nuremberg, 1946/4/18
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