Due to security vulnerabilities with NetBIOS over TCP/IP, you may wish to disable it by following instructions. There are two ways to disable NetBIOS and this works on the majority of Windows OS including Windows 8/10 desktop and Windows 2012/2016/2019 servers.
Disable NetBIOS using GUI
Right-click on the Network icon on the start bar at the right-hand side and click on open network and sharing center Click on Change adapter settings Right-click on your network interface and click on Properties
Select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties Click on Advanced on the properties window Click on the WINS tab and select Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP
Click OK
Done, NetBIOS over TCP/IP is disabled now.
Disable NetBIOS through Registry
If you are using Windows Server core edition or prefer using registry then the following will help.
Launch Registry Editor Navigate to the following
You may have multiple interfaces. Go to the respective interface where you want to disable Double click on NetbiosOptions and change the value to 2 and Ok
That’s all!
Conclusion
Disabling NetBIOS on Windows is easy as you could see above. Next, explore multiple ways to Boot Windows in safe mode.
