Microsoft 2004 Manuel D’Utilisation

Installing the WINS Service 

The Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is used to resolve NetBIOS names to IP 
addresses. On modern Windows networks, the WINS service is not required. However, many 
organizations want to use the My Network Places applet to locate servers on the network. 
The My Network Places applet depends on the functionality provided by the Windows 
Browser service. The Windows Browser service is a broadcast-based service that depends 
on a WINS server to compile and distribute information on servers on each network segment. 

In addition, the WINS service is required when VPN clients wish to obtain browse list 
information for internal network clients. We will install the WINS server on the internal network 
to support NetBIOS name resolution and the Windows browser service for VPN clients. 

Perform the following steps to install WINS: 

1. Click 

Start and point to Control Panel. Click Add or Remove Programs. 

2. In 

the 

Add or Remove Programs window, click the Add/Remove Windows 

Components button.  

3. On 

the 

Windows Components page, scroll through the list of Components and select 

the Networking Services entry. Click Details. 

4. In 

the 

Network Services dialog box, put a check in the Windows Internet Name 

Service (WINS) check box. Next, put a check in the Dynamic Host Configuration 
Protocol (DHCP) check box. Click OK. 

 

5. Click 

Next on the Windows Components page. 

6. Click 

OK in the Insert Disk dialog box. In the Files Needed dialog box, enter the path to 

the i386 folder in the Copy files from text box and click OK. 

7. Click 

Finish on the Completing the Windows Components Wizard page. 

8. Close 

the 

Add or Remove Programs window. 

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