Thinkpad4 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Why does Win 7 require Server service, Workstation service, AND TCP/IP NetBIOS service to have previous versions work? Server and Workstation have that stupid SMB protocol and TCP/IP NetBIOS is pointless for the average home user. Please help me understand. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Hmmm, I don't understand, which "previous versions? You can disable Samba and NetBios ove TCP/IP just fine: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/2696547/how-to-detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-smbv2-and-smbv3-in-windows-and https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143696(v=sql.90).aspx NetBios is *needed* only if you have NT or 9x/Me machines on the network: https://www.petri.com/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003 AFAIK/AFAICR it was common to disable it since Windows 2000 in enterprise setups. https://wiki.wireshark.org/NetBIOS/NBNS jaclaz Edited December 10, 2017 by jaclaz Fixed wrong/duplicate link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinkpad4 Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) You know the Previous Version in the file properties, right? So you can restore say a folder instead of doing a full system restore from a restore point. Well, when I have those 3 services stopped and disabled the previous versions window shows no previous versions available. But when I re enable them they show again. My question is WHY is that function tied to those 3 services that as far as I can see have nothing to do with making system restores. This https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy Why does That require 3 seemingly unrelated services to be running to work? Edited December 9, 2017 by Thinkpad4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) Ahh, you are talking of Shadow Copies. Workstation and Server are services, while Samba and NetBios over TCP/IP are actually protocols. Most probably the services are needed, the protocols may not. jaclaz Edited December 10, 2017 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Could it be for named pipes? https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh125927(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_workstation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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