grrrrr (annoying nerd stuff)

So i've been working with this problem for a while and the solution REALLY annoyed me. I used to be able to use the command+k to access my windows shares using smb right. blahblah, nothing difficult. Then one day, it stops working!?!?! I would type in the smb://serverip and it'd be like, "cannot connect cause name or password is incorrect." Huh?!?! I didn't even get a prompt box. What the hell?? yeah, so finally, after stupid trying of stuff... using cifs, trying different formats for the connection, using smbclient from terminal (which btw worked, but i'm too dumb to work the command line), disabling and enabling the microsoft signed traffic dealy (disabled cause previous to 10.4, had to be. i have 10.4, found out it encrypts by default) I find out why it isn't working. YOU HAVE TO HAVE NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP ENABLED!!! WHAT!?!??!?! it's true. as soon as i enabled it on the servers, bam, authentication box, connection works. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. it doesn't even make sense.

ok, now so it's not just a nerd post... the microwavable chef boyardee mac&cheese is gross.