NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) was created in the early 1980's, but is surprisingly still alive and well on many networks today. Microsoft Windows still uses it for its name resolution function (often by default), when DNS is not available.

Is NetBIOS obsolete?

4 Answers. "NetBIOS" the protocol (NBF) is gone, long replaced by NBT, CIFS, etc. "NetBIOS" as part of the name of other things still exists. Windows still has an embedded WINS server, even if there's no dedicated WINS server on the network.

Does Windows 10 still use NetBIOS?

NetBIOS is a somewhat obsolete broadband protocol. Yet, despite its vulnerabilities, NetBIOS is still enabled by default for network adapters in Windows. Some users might prefer to disable the NetBIOS protocol. This is how users can disable NetBIOS in Windows 10.