How to Hide in the Network Neighborhood

How to Hide in the Network Neighborhood

Don't want your XP computer to show up in the network browse list (Network

Neighborhood/My Network Places) to other users on your network? One way to

accomplish that is to disable file sharing. To do this, click Start, right click

My Network Places and select Properties. Right click your local area connection

and click Properties. Uncheck the box that says File and Printer Sharing for

Microsoft Networks. Click OK.

But what if you want to be able to share folders with some users; you just don't

want everyone on the network to see your computer's shares? There's a way:

Click Start and select Run.

In the Run box, type net config server /hidden:yes

Click OK.

Now others who know the UNC path (\\computer name\share name) can connect to your

computer's shares from the Run box, but it won't show up in the network browse

list.