Chreo

Point being, NeiBIOS is much more insecure by default than NetBEUI as it can be routed. That you can make it more secure afterwards is of little help to those who doesn't know how. I know how, as part of my work involves server security, but most ppl don't. Why take out a protocol MS had working nicely in Win2k and still include AppleTalk that not even Apple wants to use?! The users should be able to decide which protocol they wanna use to share files on their local network and not be forced by MS to conform to their will.

Why use NetBEUI... NetBIOS is unsecure, even more so when bound to TCP/IP. U can have a more secure local net using NetBEUI all you do is unbind it to the net connection and remove TCP/IP for filesharing. That way noone can connect to your shared files from the internet (which they otherwise can if you haven't blocked those ports in a firewall). NetBEUI have it's limitations that's for sure, but for a home network it works very nice. I don't think Microsoft should decide which networkprotocols we should use. Put them all in (not very difficult) and let the users choose instead.