Reconfigure Client Computers' Use of WINS

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When you want to remove servers from your network, you must first reconfigure their clients to stop registering and renewing their names with WINS servers. Clients register in WINS on the basis of their being configured for TCP/IP. This reconfiguration is done in one of two ways:

  • For clients manually configured to use TCP/IP, remove IP addresses for any WINS servers from the TCP/IP properties for each network connection used by the client computer.

  • For clients dynamically configured by DHCP, reconfigure options at your DHCP server (including any options configured by server, scope, or client) not to distribute option code 44 to clients. This option provides a list of WINS server IP addresses to clients.