Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) also known as wins.exe process is the Microsoft Network Basic Input/output System Name Service implementation. The NetBIOS Name Service provides resolution on a TCP/IP network on the NetBIOS. This program provides a database for querying and registering on NetBIOS name mappings to Ipv addresses and the database is distributed. This program is to provide names resolutions of NETBIOS in IP/TCP which is routed and which have multiple subnets.With wins.exe process, the request for name resolution is provide from the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server. After the WINS can resolve the name, the wins.exe will then after send the Ipv4 address directly to the client. Wins.exe reduces the broadcast traffic.Usually networks have only one WINS server and each network should be in Pull/push replication. WINS database will be updated through a pull request from other WINS server while push replication will notify other WINS servers to indicate the duplication regarding their database's entries with altered numbers.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. wins.exe. is used by Window Internet Name Service, If you shut down wins.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop wins.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Window Internet Name Service, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed wins.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Window Internet Name Service, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if wins.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that wins.exe, belongs to, in this case Window Internet Name Service