Hide your computer under My Network Places

When implementing a Microsoft local area network (the SMB protocol) either at home or work, the member computers in the workgroup are visible to anyone connected to the same network.

For security reasons you may have a computer that you don’t want others to be able to see, which you want to not be visible in the “My Network Places” list. With this tip you will see how you can hide a computer on a Microsoft network.

• Click “Start”, “Run” and type “cmd”. Press “OK” so that a windows command box opens.

• Type “net config server /hidden:yes” and press “Enter”.

Note:
The “net” command is well known by network administrators. This allows you to easily access the network controls with command lines. It is possible to display the IP configuration, create network drives and share folders on the machine...