Planning, Implementing, And Maintaining A Name Resolution Infrastructure For MCSE Exam 70-293
White Papers The Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) has fallen out of favor with the move away from the Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) and NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI), but it is still lingering in the background for many...
[June 16, 2006, 1:00]
Microsoft Wraps Up Patches For Christmas
News They also address two problems with the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) that were publicised last month. The latest version of Windows XP, known as Service Pack 2, requires three patches. Microsoft has recommended that all Windows XP users...
[December 15, 2004, 7:55]
Behind Microsoft's 'experience' Strategy
News Microsoft on Monday confirmed that it is moving to a new naming scheme for its next-generation Windows and Office products. Ever since the company moved to a product-naming convention based on dates, such as Windows 95, Windows 2000 and Office 2000...
[February 6, 2001, 8:38]
Microsoft Goes Vertical With .Net
News Then the vertical architectures were rechristened yet again and brought under the Windows DNA naming convention. Subsequently, Microsoft used ActiveX when naming its vertical efforts, resulting in efforts such as ActiveX for health care.
[August 25, 2000, 9:27]
Indigo: The Colour Of Passport Security?
News Still two years away from delivery, the software will also provide a layer of common naming, addressing, messaging, event handling and consistency services on which Microsoft's .Net runtime will reside, developers said.
[October 23, 2001, 11:41]
Hackers Step Up Search For Unpatched Servers
News Network administrators who have failed to patch their systems against the Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) vulnerability are now at much greater risk of attack. The SANS Internet Storm Centre warned on Wednesday that it has detected...
[January 5, 2005, 12:00]
Microsoft: ' Patch Now'
News One security hole affects computers running the Windows Internet Naming Service, and the other affects Microsoft's Virtual PC for the Mac platform. If left unpatched, the security hole could allow a worm to spread quickly throughout the Internet...
[February 11, 2004, 7:30]
Windows Bug May Allow Network Traffic Hijacks
News It turns out that an attacker can easily register a proxy server on a network using the Windows Internet Naming Service, or WINS, and other network services including the Domain Name System, or DNS, he said.
[March 26, 2007, 8:44]
Microsoft Admits WINS Flaw
News WINS is a server-naming tool used to identify the IP address of specific computers on a network. The vulnerability is in Windows Internet Name Service, or WINS, a network infrastructure component of server products such as Windows NT 4.0 Server...
[December 1, 2004, 7:35]
MS Kills Mac Office Bugs
News Given Microsoft's track record on naming, Deal said, Office 2002 for the Mac is a safe bet for the new version. The company had already issued two similar service updates for the Windows counterpart, Office 2000.
[April 3, 2001, 9:15]
RealNames Blames Microsoft For Closure
News Teare said he interpreted the comments to mean that Microsoft prefers searching to naming. This is because (Microsoft) controls search 100 percent whereas (it) could never control naming," he said. When the current contract comes to an end on 28...
[May 13, 2002, 12:34]
Microsoft Drops .Net Name From Server Brand
News By creating the Windows Server System naming convention for all its server products, Microsoft hopes to clarify what the .Net name means and to demonstrate the company's long-term commitment to Windows, said Barry Goffe, group product manager at...
[April 17, 2003, 8:05]
Netgear DG814 DSL Modem Internet Gateway review
Reviews The system describes itself as a ‘DSL Modem Internet Gateway’, while your ISP’s support line will call it a ‘router’, thus illustrating the current confusion in the naming of network kit. Many people will decline the modem offered by the service...
[September 27, 2002, 8:40]
Tune Up Your VPN Network Connections
News The Windows Internet (network) Naming Server (WINS) resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses. The Windows 2000 Routing and Remote Access Service may make it easier to create a VPN server, but getting the internal network tuned up to support your VPN...
[May 16, 2002, 21:22]
