How to Delete WINS Entry From an NT4

Windows NT4 servers use WINS databases to control user Web access.

The Windows Internet Name Service database (WINS) provides system administrators with the management tools to add, select and delete address records that are maintained on Windows NT Servers. The records can be physically removed from the WINS server database or marked as extinct and immediately released from active use by the local client computer. This method, called tombstoning, allows a WINS record to remain present in the database for purposes of its replication to other servers. You need to mark the record as tombstoned in order to delete WINS database entry from Windows NT4 server.

Instructions

1. Click "Start" in the Windows task bar. Then click "Control Panel" and double-click the the "Administrative Tools" and then "WINS" option to open WINS.

2. Click the "Active Registrations" of the console tree, located in the "WINS/applicable WINS server/Active Registrations" directory.

3. Click the "Display Records" on the "Action" menu to display the names you want to delete from the database.

4. Click on the WINS entry you want to delete in the details pane.

5. Click the "Delete" on the "Action" menu.

6. Click the "Replicate Deletion of the Record to Other Servers (tombstone)" to delete the entry from Windows NT4 WINS database.

References

• Microsoft: How to Remove Static WINS Entries from All WINS Servers
• Microsoft: Delete or Tombstone an Entry in the WINS Database
• Microsoft: Deletion of WINS Database Records
• Microsoft: Deleting and Tombstoning Records