Is the Netbios limt of 15 Charactors still a factor when naming computers?

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Published on 2010-03-17T11:36:41Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 11:41 UTC
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When you name your Windows computers and Im talking from Windows 2000 to Win7 do you stay within the Netbios name limit for workstations of 15 charactors? I interested if this limit is still relevant in a corporate network wether users login to a domain or not.

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